Xiaoming Xi is Executive Director at Educational Testing Service (ETS), having responsibility for new innovations in the areas of global education and workforce and for conceptualizing, prioritizing, developing and deploying assessments, learning tools and services that help support ETS’s social mission of advancing quality and equity in education.

In her previous position as Senior Director of the Center for English Language Learning and Assessment at ETS, she led foundational research advancing English language learning and assessment for learners worldwide and research support for ETS’ English language assessments, including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® programs, and assessments for English learners in the U.S. 

Her research spans broad areas of theory and practice, including validity and fairness issues in the broader context of test use, test validation methods, approaches to defining test constructs, validity frameworks for automated scoring, automated scoring of speech, the role of technology in language assessment and learning, and test design, rater and scoring issues. She is currently Series Co-editor of the Routledge book Series on “Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment” and Associate Editor of Language Assessment Quarterly. She received her doctoral degree in second/foreign language assessment from the University of California, Los Angeles.