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Sireci, Stephen G.; Faulkner-Bond, Molly – Review of Research in Education, 2015
Across the globe, educational tests are being used at a rapidly increasing rate. More recently, educational tests are being used to inform educational policy and for holding educators accountable for student learning. One reason educational assessments are used for these important purposes is that they are considered to provide reliable and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Accountability, Educational Testing, Student Evaluation
Kenyon, Dorry; Van Duzer, Carol – Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2003
Ensuring that language tests for adult English language learners are appropriate, valid, and reliable is a challenge. Performance-based assessments are complex to develop and implement. Yet, because the focus of assessment, both in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) descriptors and in the Department of Education's definition…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)