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On Topic Validity in Speaking Tests
Topics are often used as a key speech elicitation method in performance-based assessments of spoken language and yet, the validity and fairness issues surrounding topics are …
The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching
It is widely believed that one of the most effective ways of creating change in an education system is by introducing or by re-designing high-stakes examinations. This method is …
Examining Reading
This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the public domain. An explanation …
Language Testing Matters
Language Testing Matters explores the social and educational impact of language testing and assessment at regional, national and international level. It brings together a …
Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests
Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests investigates the relationships between learner strategy use and performance on second language tests. To this effect, it …
Verbal Protocol Analysis in Language Testing Research
Verbal protocol analysis (VPA) is a methodology that is being used extensively by researchers. Recently, individuals working in the area of testing, and in language testing in …
Multilingual Glossary of Language Testing Terms
Inevitably, it is in the most commonly used languages that the vocabulary of language testing and assessment is most highly developed, and for which most of the literature has been …
IELTS Washback in Context
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) plays a key role in international student access to universities around the world. Although IELTS includes a direct test …
Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing
Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the subject. Even fewer studies have …
Second Language Assessment and Action Research
This volume brings together a collection of chapters outlining the principles and processes of action research and providing case studies of practitioner action research completed …
Learning Oriented Assessment
This volume outlines the general principles of Learning Oriented Assessment (LOA), placing it in the context of European language learning policy. The authors pose three key …
Testing Reading through Summary
This volume explores the use of summary tasks as an effective means of assessing reading comprehension ability. It reports on a series of empirical studies that investigated the …