[Bestplus] Carol's response to Teresa's Scoring quesiton

[Schwerdtfeger, Jane]

Hi, everyone--we have a response from Carol Van Duzer as well.  She writes:


I think this is covered in the training and explained in the rubric. 
The expected response to "Tell me about this picture." is words,
phrases, or a simple sentence. (that is in the powerpoint)

If an examinee answers at the word level--e.g., "shopping...eggs" (and
the picture is of someone in a supermarket buying eggs)--the score is 2
for Listening Comprehension, 1 for Language Complexity, and 3 for
communication if the vocabulary words are clearly understood. Check the
scoring rubric.

To get a 1 or 2 in communication with such a response, there would have
to be severe interference from pronunciation--which would cause
difficulty in catching the meaning or confusion about what was being
said. See the rubric.

In the situation she [Teresa]described, there were no inaccuracies--just
words--and she understood them perfectly. The examinee is operating at the
vocabulary level so there is nothing to "fill in." The score for answering
in words is awarded under language complexity. In general, hesitation does
not cause a lower score (unless it interferes with understanding meaning).

This is Jane again.  Any other comments from the listserve group? Thanks for
bringing it up Teresa--

Jane