On 25 February 2021, EAAST ran an invited panel discussion at the 28th KOTESOL International Conference. Held entirely online, our panel discussed some of the ground-breaking work that we have been doing in relation to technology and language assessment. By focusing on the use of technology on such a large scale, we discussed the key considerations as well as consequences of the following projects:
- the use of summative assessment when there is no classroom
- the effect of computer-based delivery on IELTS writing assessment
- the roles for humans in machine-rated assessment
- how test-taking strategies threaten the validity of automated scoring
- the implications of automated assessment on English as a Lingua Franca
- the growing need for visual literacy in automated assessment
- the impact of affective factors on remote speaking assessment
- the status of remote proctoring for high-stakes tests
The implications for the classroom, whether digital or face-to-face, were also discussed.