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Direct linkMcNamara, 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
