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Park, Yena; Lee, Senyung; Shin, Sun-Young – Language Testing, 2022
Despite consistent calls for authentic stimuli in listening tests for better construct representation, unscripted texts have been rarely adopted in high-stakes listening tests due to perceived inefficiency. This study details how a local academic listening test was developed using authentic unscripted audio-visual texts from the local target…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, English for Academic Purposes, Test Construction, Foreign Students
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Motteram, Johanna; Spiby, Richard; Bellhouse, Gemma; Sroka, Katarzyna – Language Testing, 2023
This article describes the implementation of a special accommodations policy for a suite of localised English language and numeracy tests, the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) Assessments. The WPLN are computer-delivered assessments, part of the WPLN training and assessment programme, which exists to provide access to workforce skills…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Educational Policy, Testing Accommodations, Futures (of Society)
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East, Martin – Language Testing, 2015
Implementing assessment reform can be challenging. Proposed new assessments must be seen by stakeholders to be fit for purpose, and sometimes the perceptions of key stakeholders, such as teachers and students, may differ from the assessment developers. This article considers the recent introduction of a new high-stakes assessment of spoken…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Teacher Attitudes, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers