Validation in Language Assessment

by Language Testing Research Colloquium 1995 (Long Beach, Calif.); Kunnan, Antony John

• ISBN13: 9780805827538
• ISBN10: 0805827536
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Validation in Language Assessmentcontributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, the volume presents diverse approaches with an international perspective on validation in language assessment.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Reference	p. xiii
Approaches to Validation in Language Assessment	p. 1
Appendix: Key Language Assessment Studies	p. 11
References	p. 16
Test Development and Test-Making Process	p. 17
An Investigation of the Validity of Task Demands on Performance-Based Tests of Oral Proficiency	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
References	p. 40
References	p. 40
Validating a Test to Measure Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge	p. 41
Conclusion	p. 55
Note	p. 57
Appendix	p. 58
References	p. 60
Prediction of Item Difficulty in the English Subtest of Israel's Inter-University Psychometric Entrance Test	p. 61
Introduction	p. 62
Conclusion	p. 76
	p. 81
	p. 84
References	p. 86
Test-Taker Characteristics and Feedback	p. 89
The Effect of Planning Time on Second Language Test Discourse	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 106
Suggested Further Reading	p. 108
Suggested Further Reading	p. 109
The Development and Construct Validation of an Instrument Designed to Investigate Selected Cognitive Background Characteristics of Test-Takers	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 132
	p. 133
Acknowledgments	p. 133
	p. 134
Suggested Further Reading	p. 136
The Effect of Language Proficiency and Background Knowledge on EAP Students' Reading Comprehension	p. 141
Introduction	p. 142
Conclusion	p. 162
References	p. 165
References	p. 167
Introduction	p. 169
Language Background, Ethnicity, and the Internal Construct Validity of the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Examination	p. 169
Suggested Further Reading	p. 191
References	p. 192
The Role of Language Background in the Validation of a Computer-Adaptive Test	p. 195
Introduction	p. 196
Suggested Further Reading	p. 206
References	p. 207
The Effect of Test-Taker Characteristics on Reactions to and Performance on an Oral English Proficiency Test	p. 209
Introduction	p. 210
Appendix: Questionnaire	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 223
Suggested Further Reading	p. 227
References	p. 228
Why the """"Monkeys Passage"""" Bombed: Tests, Genres, and Teaching	p. 231
Conclusion	p. 247
Acknowledgments	p. 248
Suggested Further Reading	p. 248
References	p. 249
Perspective on Validation Research	p. 251
Perspectives on Validity: A Historical Analysis of Language Testing Conference Abstracts	p. 253
Conclusion	p. 272
Suggested Further Reading	p. 273
Contributors	p. 277
Author Index	p. 283
Subject Index	p. 289
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