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Direct linkBrunfaut, Tineke – Language Testing, 2023
In this invited Viewpoint on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the journal "Language Testing," I argue that at the core of future challenges and opportunities for the field--both in scholarly and operational respects--remain basic questions and principles in language testing and assessment. Despite the high levels of sophistication…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, Language Usage, Testing Problems
Aryadoust, Vahid – Language Testing, 2023
Construct validity and building validity arguments are some of the main challenges facing the language assessment community. The notion of construct validity and validity arguments arose from research in psychological assessment and developed into the gold standard of validation/validity research in language assessment. At a theoretical level,…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Test Validity, Second Language Learning, Construct Validity
Fulcher, Glenn; Davidson, Fred; Kemp, Jenny – Language Testing, 2011
Rating scale design and development for testing speaking is generally conducted using one of two approaches: the measurement-driven approach or the performance data-driven approach. The measurement-driven approach prioritizes the ordering of descriptors onto a single scale. Meaning is derived from the scaling methodology and the agreement of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Rating Scales, Inferences, English (Second Language)
Knoch, Ute – Language Testing, 2009
Alderson (2005) suggests that diagnostic tests should identify strengths and weaknesses in learners' use of language and focus on specific elements rather than global abilities. However, rating scales used in performance assessment have been repeatedly criticized for being imprecise and therefore often resulting in holistic marking by raters…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Usage, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests
Schaefer, Edward – Language Testing, 2008
The present study employed multi-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM) to explore the rater bias patterns of native English-speaker (NES) raters when they rate EFL essays. Forty NES raters rated 40 essays written by female Japanese university students on a single topic adapted from the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). The essays were assessed using…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Program Effectiveness, Essays
Prapphal, Kanchana – Language Testing, 2008
This paper aims to present an overview of language testing in Thailand. Language testing practices in the past are also reviewed. Attention is paid to the washback effects of language tests, the use of language tests in school admissions, questions of test validity, the emergence of standardized tests, the influence of societal values on testing…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Testing, Language Tests, Standardized Tests
