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Leading academics and researchers worldwide contribute to the continued development and improvement of IELTS by undertaking funded research.

Find the latest academic research, insights, and expertise from the IELTS Partners and global experts in English Language Assessment.

Global Research in English Language Assessment and Expertise

Leading academics and researchers worldwide contribute to the continued development and improvement of IELTS by undertaking funded research. We regularly publish our research in various series.

IELTS Research Reports Online Series: Research from the joint-funded Research grants programme.

IELTS Partnership Research Papers: Research undertaken or commissioned by the IELTS Partners including the Studies in Test Comparability Series.

IELTS Research updates: Key developments about IELTS products and services.

Studies in Language Testing (SiLT): A series of academic volumes of important issues and new developments in language testing and assessment edited by Professor Lynda Taylor and Dr Nick Saville.

Research Notes: Quarterly publication reporting on matters relating to research, test development and validation within Cambridge Assessment English.

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Showing 15 results for Impact and Washback - Predictive validity in all

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56 min

Investigating linkages between international students’ English language proficiency, social–contextual outcomes, and wellbeing in US universities

Researchers

  • Nelson Brunsting

  • Qiaona Yu

  • Jon Smart

  • W Patrick Bingham

Topics

  • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

  • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

  • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

Research Report

2 hr 42 min

IELTS: Student and supervisor perceptions of writing competencies for a Computer Science PhD

Researchers

  • Alexandra L Uitdenbogerd

  • Kath Lynch

  • James Harland

  • Charles Thevathayan

  • Margaret Hamilton

  • Daryl D’Souza

  • Sarah Zydervelt

Topics

  • IELTS Test - Writing

  • Impact and Washback - Performance data of candidates and IELTS

  • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

  • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

Research Report

2 hr 51 min

Investigating the language needs of international nurses: insiders’ perspectives

Researchers

  • Carole Sedgwick

  • Mark Garner

  • Isabel Vicente-Macia

Topics

  • IELTS Test - Listening and Reading

  • IELTS Test - Speaking

  • IELTS Test - Writing

  • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

  • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

  • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

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    Research Report

    3 hr 57 min

    Investigating the use of IELTS in determining employment, migration and professional registration outcomes in healthcare and early childcare education in Australia

    Researchers

    • Cate Gribble

    • Jill Blackmore

    • Anne-Marie Morrissey

    • Tanja Capic

    Topics

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

    • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

    • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

    • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

    Research Report

    1 hr 53 min

    Investigating the appropriateness of IELTS cut-off scores for admissions and placement decisions at an English medium university in Egypt

    Researchers

    • Elizabeth Arrigoni

    • Victoria Clark

    Topics

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

    • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

    • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

    • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

    Research Report

    4 hr 56 min

    Stakeholder perceptions of IELTS as a gateway to the professional workplace: The case of employers of overseas trained teachers

    Researchers

    • Jill C Murray

    • Judy Cross

    • Ken Cruickshank

    Topics

    • IELTS Test - Speaking

    • IELTS Test - Writing

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

    • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

    • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

    • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

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      Research Report

      2 hr 39 min

      Tracking international students’ English proficiency over the first semester of undergraduate study

      Researchers

      • Ms Pamela Humphreys

      • Dr Michael Haugh

      • Dr Ben Fenton-Smith

      • Dr Ana Lobo

      • Dr Rowan Michael

      • Dr Ian Walkinshaw

      Topics

      • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

      • Impact and Washback - Improvement in test scores

      • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

      • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

      • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

      Research Report

      2 hr 25 min

      A multiple case study of the relationship between the indicators of students' English language competence on entry and students' academic progress at an international postgraduate university

      Researchers

      • Gaynor Lloyd-Jones

      • Charles Neame

      • Simon Medaney

      Topic

      • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

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