selected publications on item writing
Rossi, O., & Horne, P. (2026). Assessing listening. In E. Kartchava and H. Nassaji (Eds.), Language Assessment in Second Language Learning and Teaching. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Rossi, O., Brunfaut, T., & Harding. L. (2025). What makes item-writing training useful? Learning from trainee perceptions on an online item-writing course for language testing. Studies in Language Assessment, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.58379/DIJZ6182 (open access)
Rossi, O, & Montcada, J. M. (2025). Generating multiple-choice items for a B2 English reading test with GPT-4: targeting higher-order cognitive processing. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/qjfpb_v1 (free access)
Rossi, O. (2022). Writing items for language tests. UKALTA Briefing Sheet 2/22. https://ukalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKALTA-BS2-22-Writing-items-for-language-tests.docx.pdf (free access)
Rossi, O., & Brunfaut, T. (2021). Text authenticity in listening assessment: Can item writers be trained to produce authentic-sounding texts? Language Assessment Quarterly, 18(4), 398-418. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2021.1895162
Banerjee, J., Lestari, S.B., & Rossi, O. (2021). Choosing test formats and task types. In P. Winke and T. Brunfaut (Eds.), Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing (pp.78-89), Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351034784
Rossi, O. (2021). The language test development process: Main principles and suggestions for classroom practice. Testing, Evaluation & Assessment Today, 4, 53-57. TEA Today Download pre-print
Rossi, O., & Brunfaut, T. (2019). Test item writers. In J.I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL Encyclopaedia of English Language Teaching (pp.1-7). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0981