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Author : J. Charles Alderson,Caroline Clapham,Dianne Wall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521478294
This book describes the process of language test construction and reviews current practice.
Author : Grant Henning
Publisher : Newbury House Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015014140357
Author : Betty Lanteigne,Christine Coombe,James Dean Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789813342323
This book combines insights from language assessment literacy and critical language testing through critical analyses and research about challenges in language assessment around the world. It investigates problematic practices in language testing which are relevant to language test users such as language program directors, testing centers, and language teachers, as well as teachers-in-training in Graduate Diploma and Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics programs. These issues involve aspects of language testing such as test development, test administration, scoring, and interpretation/use of test results. Chapters in this volume discuss insights about language testing policy, testing world languages, developing program-level language tests and tests of specific language skills, and language assessment literacy. In addition, this book identifies two needs in language testing for further examination: the need for collaboration between language test developers, language test users, and language users, and the need to base language tests on real-world language use.
Author : Arthur Hughes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521484954
This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.
Author : Slobodanka Dimova,Xun Yan,April Ginther
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429960321
Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development describes the language testing practice that exists in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in the language testing and assessment literature. Covering both theory and practice, the book focuses on the advantages of local tests, fosters and encourages their use, and provides suggested ideas for their development and maintenance. The authors include examples of operational tests with well-proven track records and discuss: the ability of local tests to represent local contexts and values, explicitly and purposefully embed test results within instructional practice, and provide data for program evaluation and research; local testing practices grounded in the theoretical principles of language testing, drawing from experiences with local testing and providing practical examples of local language tests, illustrating how they can be designed to effectively function within and across different institutional contexts; examples of how local language tests and assessments are developed for use within a specific context and how they serve a variety of purposes (e.g., entry-level proficiency testing, placement testing, international teaching assistant testing, writing assessment, and program evaluation). Aimed at language program directors, graduate students, and researchers involved in language program development and evaluation, this is a timely book in that it focuses on the advantages of local tests, fosters and encourages their use, and outlines their development and maintenance. It constitutes essential reading for language program directors, graduate students, and researchers involved in language program development and evaluation.
Author : Karl Schweizer,Christine DiStefano
Publisher : Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781613344491
Leading experts describe the state-of-the-art in developing and constructing psychometric tests This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test development and construction. The past 10-20 years have seen substantial advances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In this volume many of the world's leading authorities collate these advances and provide information about current practices, thus equipping researchers and students to successfully construct new tests using the best modern standards and techniques. The first section explains the benefits of considering the underlying theory when designing tests, such as factor analysis and item response theory. The second section looks at item format and test presentation. The third discusses model testing and selection, while the fourth goes into statistical methods that can find group-specific bias. The final section discusses topics of special relevance such as multi-trait multi-state analyses and development of screening instruments.
Author : Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1107400031
Author : H. Douglas Brown
Publisher : Pearson PTR Interactive
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122738383
Features: Solid foundation in the basics of validity and reliability, as well as all of the different forms of assessment Concise, comprehensive treatment of all four skills includes classification of assessment techniques. Thorough examination of standards-based assessment and standardized testing. Practical examples illustrate principles. End-of-chapter exercises and suggested additional readings provide opportunities for further exploration.
Author : Dina Tsagari
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781527549784
The field of language testing and assessment has recognized the importance and underlying theoretical and practical underpinnings of language assessment literacy (LAL), an area that is gradually coming to prominence. This book addresses issues that promote the concept of LAL for language research, teaching, and learning, covering a range of topics. It brings together 14 chapters based on high-stakes and classroom-based studies authored by academics, professionals and researchers in the field. The text examines diverse issues through a multifaceted approach, presenting high-quality contributions that fill a gap in a research area that has long been in need of theoretical and empirical attention.
Author : Dan Douglas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521584951
This book is the first to examine implementation of tests for specific purposes.
Author : Greta Gorsuch,Dale Griffee
Publisher : IAP
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641130134
Second Language Testing for Student Evaluation and Classroom Research and its accompanying Student Workbook are introductory?level resources for classroom teachers of all levels of experience, and early?career graduate students in applied linguistics, TESOL, and second/foreign language teaching programs. The book gives a balance between practice and theory for student evaluation, and also aims for readers to use testing to connect to classroom research and to their own teaching. Indeed, Second Language Testing for Student Evaluation and Classroom Research aims at self?discovery and empowerment for readers, even as second language testing as a field undergoes major shifts in scope and areas of concern. Second Language Testing offer a strong basis for readers who wish to analyze and improve their own classroom tests, and for readers who wish to evaluate standardized tests they are required to use, or are thinking of using. We work with the general idea, “OK, now that I know test X has these strengths and weaknesses, what do I do?” Or, “Alright here are students’ scores, now how do I use them in my teaching?” At the same time our book provides more in?depth treatments of key testing topics for those readers who want to know “Why?” and “How?” “Why these terms?” “Why this or that analysis?” “Why does it work?” “How does it work?” “What do these numbers mean?” “How do I use them and how do I explain them to my students, my colleagues, my supervisors?” Second Language Testing for Student Evaluation and Classroom Research includes five Appendices for those readers whose interests continue into more advanced areas. Our information and observations on issues such as rater training (Appendix B) are current and discerning, and our Reference section and Glossary would be valued by any advanced testing practitioner or researcher. Second Language Testing is useful to readers at varied levels of engagement, at their choice.
Author : Christine Coombe,Christina Gitsaki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443889964
Current Issues in Language Evaluation, Assessment and Testing: Research and Practice is a collection of research papers, most of which were presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), which was held in 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The volume comprises 15 chapters presenting current research projects and discussing issues related to language testing and the development of language assessment instruments in a variety of contexts around the world. This anthology will be of use to both new and seasoned researchers within the field of Applied Linguistics and TESOL. Teacher educators, language teachers, and language assessment professionals will find this volume equally useful as the papers present current trends in testing and evaluation.
Author : C. Weir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230514577
Tests for the measurement of language abilities must be constructed according to a coherent validity framework based on the latest developments in theory and practice. This innovative book, by a world authority on language testing, deals with all key aspects of language test design and implementation. It provides a road map to effective testing based on the latest approaches to test validation. A book for all MA students in Applied Linguistics or TESOL, and for professional language teachers
Author : Antony John Kunnan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136634383
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editor Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Need for Evaluation -- 2 Past Frameworks and Evaluations -- 3 Ethics-Based Approach to Assessment Evaluation -- 4 Building the Fairness and Justice Argument -- 5 Opportunity-to-Learn -- 6 Meaningfulness -- 7 Absence of Bias -- 8 Washback and Consequences -- 9 Advancing Fairness and Justice -- 10 Applications and Implications -- Index
Author : Glenn Fulcher,Fred Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415339472
Introducing students to the methods and debates associated with language testing assessment, this book explores the testing of linguistic competence of children, students, asylum seekers and many others in context of the uses to which such research can be put. It also presents and comments on key readings and articles.
