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Direct linkGreen, Anthony – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
Previous studies of washback (the influence of a test on teaching and learning) have provided insights into the complexity of educational systems and test use, especially in relation to the role of the teacher, but have given insufficient attention to the relationship between observed practices and test design features. In this article a washback…
Descriptors: Test Use, Writing Tests, Testing, Language Tests
Beetham, James – American Language Review, 1997
The International English Language Testing System is described, including the test's underlying principles, design, administration, scoring, reliability, and interpretation. Some criticisms of the program are briefly discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Tests, Program Design
Download full textCoombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
