[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-495474-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":81,"doc-detail-495474-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","toefl-research-insight-series-volume-2-toefl-research","TOEFL® Research Insight Series, Volume 2 - TOEFL Research","","TOEFL Research Insight Series, Volume 2 explains how research underpins the TOEFL Family of Assessments and supports score quality for admissions and other academic decisions. It outlines the evolution of the TOEFL test, highlights innovative iBT design features such as integrated tasks, and describes related assessment programs for different learner groups. The preface emphasizes why rigorous research matters, the teams and expertise behind the work, and the series purpose to present essential concepts, procedures, and findings.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/","Exam",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/toefl-research-insight-series-volume-2-toefl-research/495474/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/toefl-research-insight-series-volume-2-toefl-research/495474.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Jiven","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-02","2026-10-02",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",7,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"Why does ETS emphasize research for the TOEFL test and scores?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"ETS notes that only a rigorous research program can substantiate what test takers know and can do and can support intended score uses while reducing negative consequences.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"What major features distinguish the TOEFL iBT test?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"The iBT includes integrated tasks that engage multiple skills and uses materials that reflect reading, listening, speaking, and writing demands in academic settings.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"What is the goal of the TOEFL Research Insight Series, Volume 2?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"It aims to provide a comprehensive yet user-friendly account of essential concepts, procedures, and research results that assure score quality across the TOEFL Family of Assessments.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},495474,1791310164,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,92,95,100,105,109,114,119,122,126],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":89,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":91},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},70,"exam",{"id":96,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":101,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":55,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":110,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":121},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":123,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":123,"slug":125},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":129},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":131},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":132,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":33,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},1099513958607,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/100002390cf8733938c?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1778829742770036399","TOEFL® Research INSIGHT  \nTOEFL® Research  \nVOLUME 2  \nTOEFL® Research Insight Series, Volume 2: TOEFL Research  \nPreface  \nThe TOEFL iBT® test is the world’s most widely respected English language assessment and used for admissions purposes in more than 150 countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (see test review in Alderson, 2009) . Since its initial launch in 1964, the TOEFL® test has undergone several major revisions motivated by advances in theories of language ability and changes in English teaching practices. The most recent revision, the TOEFL iBT test, was launched in 2005. It contains a number of innovative design features, including integrated tasks that engage multiple skills to simulate language use in academic settings and test materials that reflect the reading, listening, speaking, and writing demands of real-world academic environments.  \nIn addition to the TOEFL iBT test, the TOEFL® Family of Assessments was expanded to provide high-quality, English proficiency assessments for a variety of academic uses and contexts. The TOEFL® Young Students Series features the TOEFL Primary® and TOEFL Junior® tests, which are designed to help teachers and learners of English in school settings. In addition, the TOEFL ITP® program offers colleges, universities, and others affordable tests for placement and progress monitoring within English programs as a pathway to eventual degree programs.  \nAt ETS, we understand that scores from the TOEFL Family of Assessments are used to help make important decisions about students, and we would like to keep score users and test takers up-to-date about the research results that help assure the quality of these scores. Through the publication of the TOEFL ® Research Insight Series, we wish to communicate to institutions and English teachers who use the TOEFL tests the strong research and development base that underlies the TOEFL Family of Assessments and demonstrate our continued commitment to research.  \nSince the 1970s, the TOEFL test has had a rigorous, productive, and far-ranging research program. But why should test score users care about the research base for a test? In short, it is only through a rigorous program of research that a testing company can substantiate claims about what test takers know or can do based on their test scores, as well as provide support for the intended uses of assessments and minimize potential negative consequences of score use. Beyond demonstrating this critical evidence of test quality, research is also important for enabling innovations in test design and addressing the needs oftest takers and test score users. This is why ETS has established a strong research base as a fundamental feature underlying the evolution of the TOEFL Family of Assessments.  \nThis portfolio is designed, produced, and supported by a world-class team of test developers, educational measurement specialists, statisticians, and researchers in applied linguistics and language testing. Our test developers have advanced degrees in fields such as English, language education, and applied linguistics. They also possess extensive international experience, having taught English on continents around the globe. Our research, measurement, and statistics teams include some of the world’s most distinguished scientists and internationally recognized leaders in diverse areas such as test validity, language learning and assessment, and educational measurement.  \nTo date, more than 300 peer-reviewed TOEFL Family of Assessments research reports, technical reports, and monographs have been published by ETS, and many more studies on the TOEFL tests have appeared in academic journals and book volumes. In addition, over 20 TOEFL test-related research projects are conducted by ETS’s Research & Development staff each year and the TOEFL Committee of Examiners—comprising language learning and testing experts from the global academic community—funds an a","cbCaigPYgg1vUgho","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigPYgg1vUgho","pdf",346212,11,"English","# Preface\n## Purpose of the TOEFL Research Insight Series\n## TOEFL iBT and the TOEFL Family of Assessments","[{\"question\":\"Why does ETS emphasize research for the TOEFL test and scores?\",\"answer\":\"ETS notes that only a rigorous research program can substantiate what test takers know and can do and can support intended score uses while reducing negative consequences.\"},{\"question\":\"What major features distinguish the TOEFL iBT test?\",\"answer\":\"The iBT includes integrated tasks that engage multiple skills and uses materials that reflect reading, listening, speaking, and writing demands in academic settings.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the goal of the TOEFL Research Insight Series, Volume 2?\",\"answer\":\"It aims to provide a comprehensive yet user-friendly account of essential concepts, procedures, and research results that assure score quality across the TOEFL Family of Assessments.\"}]","TOEFL® Research Insight Series, Volume 2 - TOEFL Research | PDF",1790913727,28]