Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education
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Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education
John McE. Davis, John M. Norris, Margaret E. Malone, Todd H. McKay, and Young-A Son, Editors
The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts. John McE. Davis is John McE. Davis is Research Scientist at the Center for English Language Learning and Assessment at the Educational Testing Service, USA. His research interests include language program evaluation, language assessment, and questionnaire research methods.
Reviews
"Raises the need for further research in many areas related to language assessment and evaluation, and draws attention to the many challenges that remain for language teachers tasked with implementing assessments within the Assessment for Learning framework. Overall, this collection of well-written studies is laudable in the contribution it makes to this field of research."—Teachers College Record "This book is an important step in the field's movement toward recognizing and emphasizing the importance of assessment as part of the language learning process. Rather than focusing solely on the more traditional area of assessing language proficiency, this book rightfully emphasizes the importance of the usefulness of assessments."—Elvis Wagner, Associate Professor of Education, Temple University "This book provides language assessment students, researchers, and practitioners an up-to-date and comprehensive collection of articles that collectively address the potentially transforming role of assessment and evaluation in language education. It showcases the diverse and constantly expanding theories, methods, contexts, and purposes that inform the development, validation, and uses of language assessments to enhance the educational enterprise."—Lorena Llosa, Ph.D., NYU Table of Contents Preface John McE. Davis Part 1. Connecting Assessment, Learners, and Learning 1. Developing Students' Self-Assessment Skills: The Role of the Teacher Richard Kiely 2. Young Learners' Processes and Rationales for Responding to Self-Assessment Items: Cases of Generic Can-Do and Five-Point, Likert-Type Formats Yuko Goto Butler 3. The Impact of Self-Assessment on Learning and Teaching in Technology-Mediated Language Education: User Perceptions of the Teletandem Tracking Sheet Viviane Bagio Furtoso and Michael J. Ferreira 4. An Integrated Approach to Foreign Language Instruction and Assessment Keiko Koda and Junko Yamashita 5. Using Assessment to Promote Learning: Clarifying Constructs, Theories, and Practices Constant Leung, Chris Davison, Martin East, Michael Evans, Yongcan Liu, Liz Hamp-Lyons, and James E. Purpura Part 2. Innovating, Framing, and Exploring Assessment in Language Education 6. Linguistic Correlates of Proficiency (LCP): At the Intersection of Testing and Teaching Svetlana V. Cook, Shauna J. Sweet, Alia Lancaster, Nicholas B. Pandza, Scott R. Jackson, Eric Pelzl, Kira Gor, and Catherine J. Doughty 7. Face-to-Face Speaking Assessment in the Digital Age: Interactive Speaking Tasks Online Larry Davis, Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Lin Gu, and Gary Ockey 8. Task-Based Language Assessment for L1 and L2 Speakers in Primary Education: Designing a Useful Task-Specification Framework Koen Van Gorp 9. Predicting Placement Accuracy and Language Outcomes in Immigrants' L2 Finnish Education Taina Tammelin-Laine, Ari Huhta, Reeta Neittaanmaki, Tuija Hirvela, Sari Ohranen, and Elina Stordell Part 3. Validity Evaluation 10. University Entrance Language Tests: Examining Assumed Equivalence Bart Deygers 11. Addressing Consequences and Validity during Test Design and Development: Implementing the CAL Validation Framework Justin Kelly, Jennifer Renn, and Jennifer Norton 12 Using a Validation Framework as a Guide for Planning Analyses and Collecting Information in Preoperational and Operational Testing Chih-Kai Lin and David MacGregor 13. Addressing Diversity in CALL Evaluation through Arguments and Theory-of-Action Jim Ranalli 14. Validating Assessments for Meaning and Usefulness Michael T. Kane List of Editors and Contributors Index Contributors Viviane Bagio FurtosoYuko ButlerSvetlana V. CookLarry DavisChris DavisonBart DeygersCatherine J. DoughtyMartin EastMichael EvansMichael J. FerreiraLin GuLiz Hamp-LyonsTuija HirveläAri HuhtaScott R. JacksonMichael KaneJustin KellyRichard KielyKeiko KodaAlia LancasterConstant LeungChih-Kai LinYongcan LiuDavid MacGregorReeta NeittaanmäkiJennifer NortonGary OckeySari OhranenNicholas B. PandaEric PelzlJames E. PurpuraJim RanalliJennifer RennElina StordellShauna J. SweetTaina Tammelin-LaineVeronika Timpe-LaughlinKoen Van GorpJunko Yamashita |