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Liu, Kristin K.; Anderson, Michael – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
This article studies accessible assessment design to large-scale English language proficiency assessments that are now mandatory for elementary and secondary English language learners in public schools. Using a modified Delphi approach, a panel of 33 experts from the areas of assessment, English as a second language or bilingual education, and…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Test Items, Sign Language, Bilingual Education
Mircea-Pines, Walter J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation study examined the reliability and validity claims of a modified version of the Spanish Modern Language Association Foreign Language Proficiency Test for Teachers and Advanced Students administered at George Mason University (GMU). The study used the 1999 computerized GMU version that was administered to 277 test-takers via…
Descriptors: College Students, Advanced Students, Second Language Learning, Test Validity
Giauque, Gerald S. – 1985
The oral proficiency interview should be administered infrequently, but there are other measures than can be used between interviews to maintain oral proficiency and achievement as the organizing principles of instruction while placing fewer demands on the teacher/tester. One such measure is a semi-direct procedure that has two steps. First,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Skills, Audiotape Recordings, Dictation
Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – 1983
A discussion of teaching and testing oral skills in a second language looks at issues in the testing of speaking ability in general, the effect that testing can have on teaching, and the kinds of communicative activities that can be built into a foreign language program with oral proficiency as a goal. The issues addressed include the differential…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Interviews
Kuroki, Kenichi – 1996
This paper discusses the construction of language tests, particularly for English as a Second Language (ESL), that focus on language use in real situations. Linguistic theories that provide background for language test construction are reviewed, and application of those theories to ESL instruction in Japan is examined, with attention to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries