Introducing New Tests into Traditional Systems: Insights from General Education and from Innovation Theory.

Wall, Dianne

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Publication Date: 1996

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Introducing New Tests into Traditional Systems: Insights from General Education and from Innovation Theory.

Wall, Dianne

Language Testing, v13 n3 p334-54 Nov 1996

Suggests that any model of washback must include insights from the theory of educational innovation to help explain why tests do not always have the desired or feared effect. Key concepts in educational innovation are reviewed, showing how these concepts are manifested in a case study in washback and outlining how they are being applied in recent test development projects. (33 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Literature Reviews, Models, Secondary Education, Test Construction, Test Theory, Testing

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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