Past projects

Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN’s) in Australia who have taken OET

An Occupational English Test (OET)/Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment project

Benchmarking university-entry English language courses

Benchmarking the language assessments used for direct entry into undergraduate programs.

Refitting the Lexile text complexity trajectory in the Chinese context: A corpus-based study

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

Changing writing demands from the last year of university study to the first year in the workforce of engineering and accounting professionals.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) research projects 2015-2019

TOEFL is the most widely used English language test in the world, used principally for the selection of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds for entry to higher education in the US and elsewhere.

Australian Defence Force School of Languages (DFSL) project

The Australian Defence Force commissioned the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) to assess their School of Language's curriculum.

Language proficiency screening options for the National Authority for Interpreters and Translators (NAATI)

NAATI approached us with the request of conducting a feasibility study. Since then, we have been engaged in several projects.

National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing - remote indigenous communities

Investigating the impact of NAPLAN testing on remote indigenous communities.

Australian Education Assessment Services (AEAS) test development

Test development for Australian primary and secondary school language assessment.

Diagnostic English Language Assessment (DELA) Standard setting

DELA is used to determine if new students entering with the minimum required English test or VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) results are likely to meet the standards of English needed to succeed in their studies, or if they are at risk and in need of additional English language skills support.

ARC Linkage Grant (Occupational English Test Writing Criteria)

The ‘Towards Improved Quality of Written Patient Records’ project was completed in 2017. Industry partner: Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment.

Pearson Education Grant projects 2016 - 2018

The LTRC was awarded two research grants from Pearson Education in 2016, focusing on Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A).

British Council Aptis Test

We work on projects relating to the Aptis test; the online language proficiency test designed by the British Council.

General English Proficiency Test

We work on projects that focus on linking GEPT writing tests to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Diagnostic English Language Assessment (DELA)

DELA is designed to identify the English language needs of undergraduate and graduate international students

Language placement test review

This study focusses on a suite of online language placement tests for seven languages