Electronic Sources as Input to GRE Reading Comprehension Item Development SourceFinder Prototype Evaluation

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1、GRE®RESEARCHElectronicSourcesasInputtoGRE®ReadingComprehensionItemDevelopment:SourceFinderPrototypeEvaluationRebeccaPassonneauLisaHematJanPlanteKathleenM.SheehanJune2002GREBoardProfessionalReportNo.99-18PETSResearchReport02-12Princeton,NJ08541ElectronicS

2、ourcesasInputto®GREReadingComprehensionItemDevelopment:SourceFinderPrototypeEvaluationRebeccaPassonneauColumbiaUniversity,NewYorkLisaHemat,JanPlante,andKathleenM.SheehanEducationalTestingServiceGREBoardReportNo.99-18PJune2002Thisreportpresentsthefindings

3、ofaresearchprojectfundedbyandcarriedoutundertheauspicesoftheGraduateRecordExaminationsBoardandEducationalTestingService.EducationalTestingService,Princeton,NJ08541********************Researchersareencouragedtoexpressfreelytheirprofessionaljudgment.Theref

4、ore,pointsofvieworopinionsstatedinGraduateRecordExaminationsBoardreportsdonotnecessarilyrepresentofficialGraduateRecordExaminationsBoardpositionorpolicy.********************TheGraduateRecordExaminationsBoardandEducationalTestingServicearededicatedtothepr

5、incipleofequalopportunity,andtheirprograms,services,andemploymentpoliciesareguidedbythatprinciple.EDUCATIONALTESTINGSERVICE,ETS,theETSlogos,GRADUATERECORDEXAMINATIONS,andGREareregisteredtrademarksofEducationalTestingService.GMATandGRADUATEMANAGEMENTADMIS

6、SIONTESTareregisteredtrademarksoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil.EducationalTestingServicePrinceton,NJ08541Copyright2002byEducationalTestingService.Allrightsreserved.AbstractThisevaluationstudycomparestheperformanceofaprototypetoolcalledSourceFind

7、eragainsttheperformanceofhighlytrainedhumantestdevelopers.SourceFinder—aspecializedsearch®enginedevelopedtolocatesourcematerialforGraduateRecordExaminations(GRE)readingcomprehensionpassages—employsavarietyofshallowlinguisticfeaturestomodelthesearchcriter

8、iaemployedbyexperttestdevelopers,toautomatethesourceselectionprocess,andtoreducesource-processingtime.Thecurrentevaluationprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheaspectsofsourcevariationthatarenotwellmodeledbythecurrentprototyp