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Direct linkWeideman, Albert – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
This paper will deal, firstly, with the South African context, that cries out for attention to responsible language assessment. The renewed interest in language testing in South Africa is well illustrated in assessments of language ability for educational purposes generally, and more specifically in the assessment of academic literacy. Secondly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Testing, Academic Language
Schindler, Julia; Richter, Tobias; Isberner, Maj-Britt; Naumann, Johannes; Neeb, Yvonne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
Reading comprehension is based on the efficient accomplishment of several cognitive processes at the word, sentence, and text level. To the extent that each of these processes contributes to reading comprehension, it can cause reading difficulties if it is deficient. To identify individual sources of reading difficulties, tools are required that…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Language Tests, Grammar, Task Analysis
Hassan, Nurul Huda; Shih, Chih-Min – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article describes and reviews the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level General Paper (GP) examination. As a written test that is administered to preuniversity students, the GP examination is internationally recognised and accepted by universities and employers as proof of English competence. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Writing Tests
Downey, Ryan; Farhady, Hossein; Present-Thomas, Rebecca; Suzuki, Masanori; Van Moere, Alistair – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
This article responds to a critique of Ordinate Corporation's "Versant for English" test (formerly PhonePass and SET-10). The critique (Chun, 2006) purports to apply the language task framework of Bachman and Palmer (1996) and the Test Fairness framework of Kunnan (2004) as guides for an analysis. However, the analysis fails to apply either…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Construct Validity, English (Second Language), Testing
Brown, James Dean – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
In keeping with the theme of the International Language Testing Association/Language Testing Research Colloquium Conference in 2008, "Focusing on the Core: Justifying the Use of Language Assessments to Stakeholders," I define "stakeholder-friendly tests," "defensible testing," and "testing-context analysis."…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Curriculum Development, Testing, Language Tests
McNamara, Tim – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
The thought of Samuel Messick has influenced language testing in 2 main ways: in proposing a new understanding of how inferences made based on tests must be challenged, and in drawing attention to the consequences of test use. The former has had a powerful impact on language-testing research, most notably in Bachman's work on validity and the…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing, Language Tests, Validity
