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Performance Assessment in Language Testing.
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Shohamy, Elana – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent trends in performance testing, focusing on different definitions of performance testing; the extent to which performance tests have drawn upon the theoretical discussions of competence and performance; research on performance tests; and future developmental and research questions. (66 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Assessment and Testing.
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Clapham, Caroline – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Explores the term "applied linguistics" and discusses the role of language testing within this discipline, the relationship between testing and teaching, and the relationship between testing and assessment (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Language Tests
Developments in Language Testing.
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Douglas, Dan – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent theoretical, methodological, and analytical developments in language testing, focusing on more refined models of language ability, reliability and validity, performance testing, innovative test formats, new applications of Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory to test performance. An annotated bibliography discusses seven…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
A Standardized Method for Collecting and Analyzing Language Samples of Preschool and Primary Children in the Public Schools.
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Thomas, Jo Anne – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1989
To streamline the process of collecting spontaneous language samples, a modified format of the "Multilevel Informal Language Inventory" was administered to 150 public school children, aged four-six. Administration, scoring, and analysis required approximately 35 minutes per child. Scores obtained were used to compute normative data on a…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification, Language Handicaps
Language Testing: Recent Developments and Persistent Dilemmas.
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Takala, Sauli – 1998
This paper discusses recent developments in language testing. It begins with a review of the traditional criteria that are applied to all measurement and outlines recent emphases that derive from the expanding range of stakeholders. Drawing on Alderson's seminal work, criteria are presented for evaluating communicative language tests. Developments…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Practice and Problems in Language Testing 5. Non-Classical Test Theory; Final Examinations in Secondary Schools. Papers Presented at the International Language Testing Symposium (5th, Arnhem, Netherlands, March 25-26, 1982).
van Weeren, J., Ed. – 1983
Presented in this symposium reader are nine papers, four of which deal with the theory and impact of the Rasch model on language testing and five of which discuss final examinations in secondary schools in both general and specific terms. The papers are: "Introduction to Rasch Measurement: Some Implications for Language Testing" (J. J.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Difficulty Level