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Direct linkKunnan, Antony John – Language Testing, 2010
This paper presents the author's response to Xiaoming Xi's article titled "How do we go about investigating test fairness?" In this response, the author focuses on test fairness and Toulmin's model of argument structure, Xi's proposal, and the challenges the proposal brings. Xi proposes an approach to investigating test fairness to guide…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Inferences, Test Bias, Models
Wall, Dianne; Horak, Tania – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2007
The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of "baseline studies" in investigations of test impact and to illustrate the type of thinking underlying the design and implementation of such studies by reference to a recent study relating to a high-stakes test of English language proficiency. Baseline studies are used to describe an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
