Descriptor
Source
| Language Testing | 2 |
Author
| Bachman, Lyle F. | 1 |
| Wall, Dianne | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Africa | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedWall, Dianne – Language Testing, 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…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1996
Discusses the value of content considerations in the design of language tests and the implications of the findings of various investigations of content analysis. The article argues that content analysis can be viewed as the application of a model of test design to a particular measurement instrument, using judgments of trained analysts. (26…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Item Analysis
