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Peer reviewedStevenson, Douglas K. – Language Testing, 1985
Discusses authenticity in language testing in relation to the language proficiency movement. Looks at both sociolinguistic and psychometric principles as they are concerned with authenticity and validity as well as the inferential distance that separates face validity from techical validities. Criticizes the belief that some test type possess…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Measurement Techniques, Methods, Psychometrics
