Validity Evaluation In Language Assessment

Author : John Michael Norris,John M. Norris
Publisher : Language Testing and Evaluation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 3631549466

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Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment by John Michael Norris,John M. Norris Pdf

This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation» as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental reconceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.

Author : Carol A. Chapelle,Erik Voss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108484022

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Validity Argument in Language Testing by Carol A. Chapelle,Erik Voss Pdf

With examples of validation studies, this book demonstrates how to design research investigating the validity of language tests.

Author : John M Norris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0820498572

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Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment by John M Norris Pdf

This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental recon-ceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.

Author : Antony John Kunnan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136497797

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Validation in Language Assessment by Antony John Kunnan Pdf

Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, the volume presents diverse approaches with an international perspective on validation in language assessment.

Author : John McE. Davis,John M. Norris,Margaret E. Malone,Todd H. McKay,Young-A Son
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781626165410

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Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education by John McE. Davis,John M. Norris,Margaret E. Malone,Todd H. McKay,Young-A Son Pdf

The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts. Divided into three parts, this volume first examines theoretical considerations and practical implementations of assessment conducted for the purpose of enhancing and developing language learning. Part 2 addresses novel assessment development and implementation projects, such as the formative use of task-based assessments, technology-mediated language performance assessment, validation of educational placement tests for immigrant learners, and the use of assessment to help identify neurolinguistic correlates of proficiency. The final section of the book highlights examples of argument-based approaches to assessment and evaluation validation, extending this critical framework to quality assurance efforts in new domains. Adding to research on traditional and conventional uses of testing and evaluation in language education, this volume captures innovative trends in assessment and evaluation practice that explicitly aim to better inform and enhance language teaching and learning.

Author : María del Rosario Basterra,Elise Trumbull,Guillermo Solano-Flores
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136965975

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Cultural Validity in Assessment by María del Rosario Basterra,Elise Trumbull,Guillermo Solano-Flores Pdf

What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize assessment validity? What is required to achieve cultural validity in assessment? This resource for practicing and prospective teachers – as well as others concerned with fair and valid assessment – provides a thorough grounding in relevant theory, research, and practice. The book lays out criteria for culturally valid assessment and recommends specific strategies that teachers can use to design and implement culturally valid classroom assessments. Assessment plays a powerful role in the process of education in the US and has a disproportionately negative impact on students who do not come from mainstream, middle-class backgrounds. Given the significance of testing in education today, cultural validity in assessment is an urgent issue facing educators. This book is essential reading for addressing this important, relevant topic.

Author : J. Charles Alderson,Caroline Clapham,Dianne Wall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521478294

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Language Test Construction and Evaluation by J. Charles Alderson,Caroline Clapham,Dianne Wall Pdf

This book describes the process of language test construction and reviews current practice.

Author : C. Weir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230514577

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Language Testing and Validation by C. Weir Pdf

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 : Grant Henning
Publisher : Newbury House Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015014140357

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A Guide to Language Testing by Grant Henning Pdf

Author : Alister H. Cumming,Richard Berwick
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 185359296X

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Validation in Language Testing by Alister H. Cumming,Richard Berwick Pdf

"The validation of language tests is widely discussed and expected, but only in recent years have researchers adopted a variety of innovative techniques for developing, assessing and validating specific tests of second or foreign language proficiency and their impact on education and society. Indeed, as the present volume clearly demonstrates, many different techniques for empirical analysis and types of evidence may be used to assess and interpret the validity of diverse aspects of language tests as well as the consequences they may have for language students, educators and society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Janna Fox,Natasha Artemeva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351184557

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Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment by Janna Fox,Natasha Artemeva Pdf

This volume reconsiders the problem of context in language testing and other modes of assessment from the perspective of transdisciplinarity. Transdisciplinary assessment research brings together collaborators who draw on the strengths of their differing backgrounds and expertise in order to address high-stakes complex socially-relevant problems. Traditional treatments of context in language assessment research have generally been informed by individualist cognitive theories within measurement and psychometrics. The additive potential of alternative social theories, including theories of genre, situated learning, distributed cognition, and intercultural communication, has largely been overlooked. In this book, the benefits of socio-theoretical reconsiderations of context are discussed and further exemplified in transdisciplinary research studies that investigate the use of assessment in classroom and workplace settings. The book offers a renewed view of context in arguments for the validity of assessment practices, and will be of interest to assessment researchers, practitioners, and students in applied linguistics, education, educational psychology, language testing, and other related disciplines and fields.

Author : Carol A. Chapelle,Mary K. Enright,Joan M. Jamieson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135602857

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Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM by Carol A. Chapelle,Mary K. Enright,Joan M. Jamieson Pdf

The Test of English as a Foreign Language TM (TOEFL®) is used by more universities worldwide than any other test to assess English language proficiency for academic admission and placement decisions, and to guide English language instruction. This landmark volume provides a detailed description and analysis of Educational Testing Service’s research and development efforts to develop a major revision of the TOEFL® test. The result is a book that serves as a case study of test design drawing upon theory in the complex domain of English language proficiency while attempting to meet standards of educational measurement. Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent story of the rationale for a test or its revision, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the validation process. Through its treatment of one test, it expands on and tests principles and approaches to educational measurement, providing an in-depth, integrated perspective on the overall process of test revision. Moreover, because the conceptual foundation and history are presented alongside the empirical studies and validity argument, these sometimes disparate areas are presented in a way that demonstrates their connections – an approach which represents a departure from, or extension of, conventional materials on test revision. This volume is particularly relevant for professionals and graduate students in educational measurement, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition as well as anyone interested in assessment issues.

Author : Antony John Kunnan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136634383

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Evaluating Language Assessments by Antony John Kunnan Pdf

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 : Gary J. Ockey,Brent A. Green
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811589522

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Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment by Gary J. Ockey,Brent A. Green Pdf

This edited book is a collection of papers, written by language assessment professionals to reflect the guidance of Professor Lyle F. Bachman, one of the leading second language assessment experts in the field for decades. It has three sub-themes: assessment of evolving language ability constructs, validity and validation of language assessments, and understanding internal structures of language assessments. It provides theoretical guidelines for practical language assessment challenges. Chapters are written by language assessment researchers who graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where Professor Bachman trained them including the book editors.

Author : J. Charles Alderson,Arthur Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Bilingualism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032835618

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Issues in Language Testing by J. Charles Alderson,Arthur Hughes Pdf

A symposium focusing on problems in the assessment of foreign or second language learning brought seven applied linguists together to discuss three areas of debate: communicative language testing, testing of English for specific purposes, and general language proficiency assessment. In each of these areas, the participants reviewed selected papers on the topic, reacted to them on paper, and discussed them as a group. The collected papers, reactions, and discussion reports on communicative language testing include the following: "Communicative Language Testing: Revolution or Evolution" (Keith Morrow) and responses by Cyril J. Weir, Alan Moller, and J. Charles Alderson. The next section, on testing of English for specific purposes, includes: "Specifications for an English Language Testing Service" (Brendan J. Carroll) and responses by Caroline M. Clapham, Clive Criper, and Ian Seaton. The final section, on general language proficiency, includes: "Basic Concerns in Test Validation" (Adrian S. Palmer and Lyle F. Bachman) and "Why Are We Interested in General Language Proficiency'?" (Helmut J. Vollmer), reactions of Arthur Hughes and Alan Davies, and the subsequent response of Helmut J. Vollmer. (MSE)