Language Testing and Validation: An Evidence-based Approach (Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics)
Tests for the measurement of language abilities must be constructed according to a coherent validity framework based on the latest developments in theory and practice. This innovative book, by a world authority on language testing, deals with all key aspects of language test design and implementation. It provides a road map to effective testing based on the latest approaches to test validation. A book for all graduate students in Applied Linguistics or TESOL, and for professional language teachers.
An innovative, five-level beginner's course for young learners from the age of 10.The fifth level, Project Plus, is a revision level with the emphasis on skills extension, in particular reading and speaking. (Notice: Those should be all the revision tests used for the purpose of testing the advancement in the learning following the lectures given in the course book under the same title.)
From the Introduction:
Schooling is one of the top domestic policy issues of the day, and testing and the effectiveness of teaching, broadly considered, are among the top issues in education. Nearly all states have developed standards and have begun state testing programs in the last several years. The 2002 federal No Child Left Behind act makes testing and accountability policies even more crucial because poorly performing schools may be closed; already many failing schools must allow and pay for their students to attend successful schools.
Teaching techniques in English as a second language.
Series Editors: Russell N.Campbell and William E. Rutherford
Testing in all skill areas is covered. How to write and evaluate tests is clearly explained with numerous examples. An appendix describing the most important commercial proficiency, achievement, and aptitude tests is included. This book includes 9 chapters: introduction, testing language subskills: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation tests, testing communication skills: reading,writing, listening, speaking tests, evaluating tests.
Educational Testing provides support for those
undertaking training in, and for training providers of, the Certificate
of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) (Level A). Developed by the
British Psychological Society (BPS) the CCET aims to meet a need for
standards for the use of tests in education in the UK, to encourage
responsible test use by psychologists and non-psychologists alike.
Written by the designers of the certificate and endorsed by the BPS's Steering Committee on Test Standards, Educational Testing is the only book of its kind available:
Covers the 71 elements of the CCET in detail and acts as a ‘course text’ for those in training
Describes each core competence
Provides model answers and examples
Offers
an indication of the range of ways in which the core competences may be
assessed by the Assessor, based upon the existing BPS Guidance for Assessors document
Appendices
offer guidance on BPS Standards, a glossary of technical terms, useful
web-sites and on-line resources and Test Publishers Addresses.
