Improving Testing For English Language Learners : a Comprehensive Approach to Designing, Building, Implementing & Interpreting Better Academic Assessments /

More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure the academic achievement of English language learners. It scaffolds the entire process of test development and implementation and discusses e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kopriva, Rebecca J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2008.
Temas:
Ability > Testing.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Foreign speakers.
Study and teaching.
Test of English as a Foreign Language > Validity.
English language > Ability testing.
Aptitude > Tests.
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement > Allophones.
Test of English as a Foreign Language > Validité.
Ability > Testing
English language > Ability testing
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
Test of English as a Foreign Language > Validity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Purpose and overview
  • 2. Changing demographics in a testing culture : why this issue matters
  • 3. The past as preparation : measurement, public policy, and implications for access
  • 4. Getting started : issues of participation, alignment, and validating access with test specifications
  • 5. Providing the foundation of principled test construction : maintaining the integrity of the item targets
  • 6. Access-based item development
  • 7. Tools, test forms, and reviews
  • 8. In what language should English language learners be tested?
  • 9. Other relevant accommodations and pretest support
  • 10. Proper assignment of accommodations to individual students
  • 11. Scoring considerations for English language learners
  • 12. Selected technical considerations.

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