Gavin BROOKS    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2019/03/12
Presentation Theme	Exploring the Reliability and Predictive Power of ELL Assessment Tools
Conference	2019 TESOL Convention and Expo
Promoters	TESOL International Association
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Collaborative
Country	United States
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Holding period	2019/03/12～2019/03/15
Publisher and common publisher	Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton
Details	The presenters describe research investigating the construct validity and predictive power of four different assessment tools aimed at measuring ELL academic ability. Multiple regression analysis results showed that only vocabulary assessment (r=0.001) and reading comprehension assessment (r=0.004) were statistically significant predictors of academic achievement.