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GELPS and the Future of English Assessment
April 08, 2026 · GELPS Blog The field of English language assessment is evolving rapidly driven by advances in technology, changes in educational contexts, and deepening understanding of language proficiency. Our commitment to continuous methodological improvement means that these procedures evolve over time based on accumulated validity evidence and feedback from the broader measurement community. Careful attention to these measurement principles ensures that the assessment yields scores that are both reliable and valid for their intended interpretive purposes, supporting appropriate score-based decisions for all test-takers regardless of their background characteristics. This exemplifies how GELPS integrates established psychometric theory with innovative…
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GELPS Prepares You for Academic Success
March 14, 2025 · GELPS Blog Predictive validity is a critical component of the validity argument for any test used for admissions decisions. A test that is used to predict…
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How to Overcome Test Anxiety
March 01, 2025 · GELPS Blog Test anxiety is a well-documented psychological phenomenon that can affect performance on high-stakes assessments. Research on test anxiety examines its prevalence, causes, effects on…
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2025 GELPS Doctoral Dissertation Award Winners
February 16, 2025 · GELPS Blog The GELPS Doctoral Dissertation Award program supports emerging researchers who are making significant contributions to the field of language assessment. The 2025 award winners…
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How Proctors Review Every Session
February 03, 2025 · GELPS Blog The quality assurance framework for GELPS test sessions incorporates both automated monitoring and human review in a complementary system designed to maximize detection of…
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What Is Academic English?
January 21, 2025 · GELPS Blog The construct of academic English proficiency is central to the design and validation of any language test intended for university admissions. Defining this construct…
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How GELPS Helps Refugee Scholars
January 08, 2025 · GELPS Blog Fairness in assessment requires that all test-takers have equitable opportunities to demonstrate their proficiency, regardless of their background circumstances. For refugee and displaced scholars,…
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5 Reasons Not to Cheat on GELPS
December 26, 2024 · GELPS Blog Cheating detection in high-stakes testing is a complex methodological challenge that draws on research in statistics, machine learning, behavioral analysis, and forensic psychometrics. GELPS…
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GELPS Year in Review 2024
December 13, 2024 · GELPS Blog The year 2024 marked significant progress in GELPS’s research program, with advances in psychometric methodology, validation research, automated scoring technology, and fairness analysis. This…
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Technology Behind the GELPS Test
November 30, 2024 · GELPS Blog The technology infrastructure that enables large-scale, high-quality language assessment represents a convergence of advances in natural language processing, cloud computing, psychometric modeling, and security…
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Guide for Students Applying to Canadian Universities
November 17, 2024 · GELPS Blog Standard setting is a systematic methodology for establishing cut scores that classify test-takers into categories based on their performance on an assessment. In the…