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Language Assessment provides a clear, comprehensive survey of the essential principles of assessing second language learning, along with specific descriptions of how to design student assessment procedures. The third edition has been revised to include research updates, a new section on the use of rubrics, a description of evaluation beyond letter grading and numerical scoring, and a reorganization of chapters. Features - Fundamental principles for evaluating and designing classroom-based assessment procedures, including practical examples at multiple ability levels and skills - Systematic…mehr
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Language Assessment provides a clear, comprehensive survey of the essential principles of assessing second language learning, along with specific descriptions of how to design student assessment procedures. The third edition has been revised to include research updates, a new section on the use of rubrics, a description of evaluation beyond letter grading and numerical scoring, and a reorganization of chapters. Features - Fundamental principles for evaluating and designing classroom-based assessment procedures, including practical examples at multiple ability levels and skills - Systematic treatment of assessing all four language skills-listening, speaking, reading, and writing-as well as assessing grammatical and vocabulary knowledge - Thorough description of standards-based testing, standardized testing, and rubrics-based assessment - Classroom exercises, suggested further readings, glossary of terminology, and appendix of commercially available tests New Features in the Third Edition - Updated references and descriptions of recent advances in language assessment - A new chapter on alternatives to letter grading and numerical scoring - An update on the rapidly changing landscape of standards-based assessment Also available by H. Douglas Brown Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, Sixth Edition Print Book 978-0-13-304194-1 eText 978-0-13-304193-4 Teaching by Principles, Fourth Edition (with Heekyeong Lee) Print Book 978-0-13-392585-2 eText 978-0-13-392606-4 Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide to Learning English Print Book 978-0-13-041392-5
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- Verlag: Pearson ELT / Pearson Education
- 3. Aufl.
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 227mm x 172mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 100g
- ISBN-13: 9780134860220
- ISBN-10: 0134860225
- Artikelnr.: 48852144
- Verlag: Pearson ELT / Pearson Education
- 3. Aufl.
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 227mm x 172mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 100g
- ISBN-13: 9780134860220
- ISBN-10: 0134860225
- Artikelnr.: 48852144
Dr. H. Douglas Brown, professor emeritus at San Francisco State University, has written books and articles on second language acquisition, language pedagogy, and language assessment. A past TESOL president and recipient of TESOL’s Alatis Award for Distinguished Service, Dr. Brown has spoken to language teacher audiences around the world. Dr. Priyanvada Abeywickrama, an associate professor in the MA-TESOL program at San Francisco State University, has trained teachers in Sri Lanka and the United States. She specializes in language assessment and is a frequent presenter at TESOL, AAAL, and the Language Testing Research Colloquium.
Preface Text Credits Chapter 1 Assessment Concepts and Issues Assessment
and Testing Measurement and Evaluation Assessment and Learning Informal and
Formal Assessment Formative and Summative Assessment Norm-Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests Types and Purposes of Assessment Achievement
Tests Diagnostic Tests Placement Tests Proficiency Tests Aptitude Tests
Issues in Language Assessment: Then and Now Behavioral Influences on
Language Testing Integrative Approaches Communicative Language Testing
Traditional and Alternative Assessment Performance-Based Assessment Current
Hot Topics in Language Assessment Dynamic Assessment Assessing Pragmatics
Use of Technology in Testing Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 2
Principles of Language Assessment Practicality Reliability Student-Related
Reliability
Rater Reliability Test Administration Reliability Test Reliability Validity
Content-Related Evidence Criterion-Related Evidence Construct-Related
Evidence Consequential Validity (Impact) Face Validity Authenticity
Washback Applying Principles to Classroom Testing Are the Test Procedures
Practical? Is the Test Itself Reliable? Can You Ensure Rater Reliability?
Does the Procedure Demonstrate Content Validity? Has the Impact of the Test
Been Carefully Accounted for? Are the Test Tasks as Authentic as Possible?
Does the Test Offer Beneficial Washback to the Learner? Maximizing Both
Practicality and Washback Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 3
Designing Classroom Language Tests Four Assessment Scenarios Scenario 1:
Reading Quiz Scenario 2: Grammar Unit Test Scenario 3: Midterm Essay
Scenario 4: Listening/Speaking Final Exam Determining the Purpose of a Test
Test Usefulness Reading Quiz Defining Abilities to be Assessed Grammar Unit
Test Drawing up Test Specifications Grammar Unit Test Midterm Essay
Devising Test Items Midterm Essay Listening/Speaking Final Exam Designing
Multiple-Choice Items Design Each Item to Measure a Single Objective State
Both Stem and Options as Simply and Directly as Possible Make Certain That
the Intended Answer Is Clearly Only the Correct One Use Item Indices to
Accept, Discard, or Revise Items (Optional) Listening/Speaking Final Exam
Administering the Test Scoring, Grading, and Giving Feedback Scoring
Grading Giving Feedback
Exercises For Your Further Reading
Chapter 4 Standards-Based Assessment
The Role of Standards in Standardized Tests Standards-Based Education
Designing English Language Standards
Standards-Based Assessment
CASAS and SCANS
Teacher Standards
Consequences of Standards-Based Assessment and Standardized Testing
Test Bias
Test-Driven Learning and Teaching
Ethical Issues: Critical Language Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 5 Standardized Testing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardized Tests
Developing a Standardized Test
Step 1: Determine the Purpose and Objectives of the Test
Step 2: Design Test Specifications
Step 3: Design, Select, and Arrange Test Tasks/Items
Step 4: Make Appropriate Evaluations of Different Kinds of Items
Step 5: Specify Scoring Procedures and Reporting Formats
Step 6: Perform Ongoing Construct Validation Studies
Standardized Language Proficiency Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 6 Assessing Listening
Cautionary Observations on Assessing Language Skills Separately
Integration of Skills in Language Assessment
Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Observing the Performance of the Four Skills
Basic Types of Listening
Micro- and Macroskills of Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Listening
Recognizing Phonological and Morphological Elements
Paraphrase Recognition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Listening
Listening Cloze
Information Transfer
Sentence Repetition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Listening
Dictation
Communicative Stimulus-Response Tasks
Authentic Listening Tasks
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 7 Assessing Speaking
Basic Types of Speaking
Imitative
Intensive
Responsive
Interactive
Extensive (Monologue)
Microskills and Macroskills of Speaking
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Speaking
Versant�
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Speaking
Directed Response Tasks
Read-Aloud Tasks
Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks and Oral Questionnaires
Picture-Cued Tasks
Translation (of Limited Stretches of Discourse)
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Speaking
Question and Answer
Giving Instructions and Directions
Paraphrasing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Speaking
Interview
Role Play
Discussions and Conversations
Games
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Designing Assessments: Extensive Speaking
Oral Presentations
Picture-Cued Storytelling
Retelling a Story, News Event
Translation (of Extended Prose)
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 8 Assessing Reading
Genres of Reading
Microskills, Macroskills, and Strategies for Reading
Types of Reading
Perceptive
Selective
Interactive
Extensive
Designing Assessment Tasks: Perceptive Reading
Reading Aloud
Written Response Multiple-Choice Picture-Cued Items
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Reading
Multiple-Choice (for Form-Focused Criteria) Matching Tasks
Editing Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Gap-Filling Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Reading
Cloze Tasks
Impromptu Reading Plus Comprehension Questions
Short-Answer Tasks
Editing (Longer Texts)
Scanning
Sequencing
Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Reading
Skimming Tasks
Summarizing and Responding
Notetaking and Outlining
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 9 Assessing Writing
Genres of Written Language
Types of Writing Performance
Micro- and Macroskills of Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Writing
Tasks in (Hand-)Writing Letters, Words, and Punctuation
Spelling Tasks and Detecting PhonemeGrapheme Correspondences
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive (Controlled) Writing
Dictation and Dicto-Comp
Grammatical Transformation Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Vocabulary Assessment Tasks
Ordering Tasks
Short-Answer and Sentence-Completion Tasks
Issues in Assessing Responsive and Extensive Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive and Extensive Writing
Paraphrasing
Guided Question and Answer
Paragraph Construction Tasks
Strategic Options
Standardized Tests of Responsive Writing
Scoring Methods for Responsive and Extensive Writing
Holistic Scoring
Analytic Scoring Primary Trait Scoring
Beyond Scoring: Responding to Extensive Writing
Assessing Initial Stages of the Process of Composing
Assessing Later Stages of the Process of Composing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 10 Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Understanding Form-Focused Assessment
Assessing Grammar
Defining Grammatical Knowledge
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selected Response
Designing Assessment Tasks: Limited Production
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extended Production
Assessing Vocabulary
The Nature of Vocabulary
Defining Lexical Knowledge
Some Considerations in Designing Assessment Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Receptive Vocabulary
Designing Assessment Tasks: Productive Vocabulary
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 11 Grading and Student Evaluation
The Philosophy of Grading: What Should Grades Reflect?
Guidelines for Selecting Grading Criteria
Calculating Grades: Absolute and Relative Grading
Teachers' Perceptions of Appropriate Grade Distributions
Institutional Expectations and Constraints
Cultural Norms and the Question of Difficulty
What Do Letter Grades Mean?
Scoring and Grading Tests and Assignments
Scoring Methods
Scoring Open-Ended Responses
Developing a Rubric
Guidelines for Grading and Evaluation
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 12 Beyond Letter Grading
Self- and Peer Assessment
Advantages of Self- and Peer Assessment
Types of Self- and Peer Assessment
Guidelines for Self- and Peer Assessment
A Taxonomy of Self- and Peer Assessment Tasks
Portfolios 130
Clear Purpose
Specific Guidelines
Transparent Assessment Criteria
Designated Time Allocated
Scheduled Review and Conferencing
Designated Location
Positive Final Assessments
Narrative Evaluations
Checklist Evaluations
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Appendix: Commercially Produced Tests of English as a Second/Foreign
Language
Glossary
Bibliography n
and Testing Measurement and Evaluation Assessment and Learning Informal and
Formal Assessment Formative and Summative Assessment Norm-Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests Types and Purposes of Assessment Achievement
Tests Diagnostic Tests Placement Tests Proficiency Tests Aptitude Tests
Issues in Language Assessment: Then and Now Behavioral Influences on
Language Testing Integrative Approaches Communicative Language Testing
Traditional and Alternative Assessment Performance-Based Assessment Current
Hot Topics in Language Assessment Dynamic Assessment Assessing Pragmatics
Use of Technology in Testing Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 2
Principles of Language Assessment Practicality Reliability Student-Related
Reliability
Rater Reliability Test Administration Reliability Test Reliability Validity
Content-Related Evidence Criterion-Related Evidence Construct-Related
Evidence Consequential Validity (Impact) Face Validity Authenticity
Washback Applying Principles to Classroom Testing Are the Test Procedures
Practical? Is the Test Itself Reliable? Can You Ensure Rater Reliability?
Does the Procedure Demonstrate Content Validity? Has the Impact of the Test
Been Carefully Accounted for? Are the Test Tasks as Authentic as Possible?
Does the Test Offer Beneficial Washback to the Learner? Maximizing Both
Practicality and Washback Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 3
Designing Classroom Language Tests Four Assessment Scenarios Scenario 1:
Reading Quiz Scenario 2: Grammar Unit Test Scenario 3: Midterm Essay
Scenario 4: Listening/Speaking Final Exam Determining the Purpose of a Test
Test Usefulness Reading Quiz Defining Abilities to be Assessed Grammar Unit
Test Drawing up Test Specifications Grammar Unit Test Midterm Essay
Devising Test Items Midterm Essay Listening/Speaking Final Exam Designing
Multiple-Choice Items Design Each Item to Measure a Single Objective State
Both Stem and Options as Simply and Directly as Possible Make Certain That
the Intended Answer Is Clearly Only the Correct One Use Item Indices to
Accept, Discard, or Revise Items (Optional) Listening/Speaking Final Exam
Administering the Test Scoring, Grading, and Giving Feedback Scoring
Grading Giving Feedback
Exercises For Your Further Reading
Chapter 4 Standards-Based Assessment
The Role of Standards in Standardized Tests Standards-Based Education
Designing English Language Standards
Standards-Based Assessment
CASAS and SCANS
Teacher Standards
Consequences of Standards-Based Assessment and Standardized Testing
Test Bias
Test-Driven Learning and Teaching
Ethical Issues: Critical Language Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 5 Standardized Testing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardized Tests
Developing a Standardized Test
Step 1: Determine the Purpose and Objectives of the Test
Step 2: Design Test Specifications
Step 3: Design, Select, and Arrange Test Tasks/Items
Step 4: Make Appropriate Evaluations of Different Kinds of Items
Step 5: Specify Scoring Procedures and Reporting Formats
Step 6: Perform Ongoing Construct Validation Studies
Standardized Language Proficiency Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 6 Assessing Listening
Cautionary Observations on Assessing Language Skills Separately
Integration of Skills in Language Assessment
Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Observing the Performance of the Four Skills
Basic Types of Listening
Micro- and Macroskills of Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Listening
Recognizing Phonological and Morphological Elements
Paraphrase Recognition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Listening
Listening Cloze
Information Transfer
Sentence Repetition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Listening
Dictation
Communicative Stimulus-Response Tasks
Authentic Listening Tasks
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 7 Assessing Speaking
Basic Types of Speaking
Imitative
Intensive
Responsive
Interactive
Extensive (Monologue)
Microskills and Macroskills of Speaking
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Speaking
Versant�
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Speaking
Directed Response Tasks
Read-Aloud Tasks
Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks and Oral Questionnaires
Picture-Cued Tasks
Translation (of Limited Stretches of Discourse)
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Speaking
Question and Answer
Giving Instructions and Directions
Paraphrasing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Speaking
Interview
Role Play
Discussions and Conversations
Games
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Designing Assessments: Extensive Speaking
Oral Presentations
Picture-Cued Storytelling
Retelling a Story, News Event
Translation (of Extended Prose)
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 8 Assessing Reading
Genres of Reading
Microskills, Macroskills, and Strategies for Reading
Types of Reading
Perceptive
Selective
Interactive
Extensive
Designing Assessment Tasks: Perceptive Reading
Reading Aloud
Written Response Multiple-Choice Picture-Cued Items
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Reading
Multiple-Choice (for Form-Focused Criteria) Matching Tasks
Editing Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Gap-Filling Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Reading
Cloze Tasks
Impromptu Reading Plus Comprehension Questions
Short-Answer Tasks
Editing (Longer Texts)
Scanning
Sequencing
Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Reading
Skimming Tasks
Summarizing and Responding
Notetaking and Outlining
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 9 Assessing Writing
Genres of Written Language
Types of Writing Performance
Micro- and Macroskills of Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Writing
Tasks in (Hand-)Writing Letters, Words, and Punctuation
Spelling Tasks and Detecting PhonemeGrapheme Correspondences
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive (Controlled) Writing
Dictation and Dicto-Comp
Grammatical Transformation Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Vocabulary Assessment Tasks
Ordering Tasks
Short-Answer and Sentence-Completion Tasks
Issues in Assessing Responsive and Extensive Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive and Extensive Writing
Paraphrasing
Guided Question and Answer
Paragraph Construction Tasks
Strategic Options
Standardized Tests of Responsive Writing
Scoring Methods for Responsive and Extensive Writing
Holistic Scoring
Analytic Scoring Primary Trait Scoring
Beyond Scoring: Responding to Extensive Writing
Assessing Initial Stages of the Process of Composing
Assessing Later Stages of the Process of Composing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 10 Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Understanding Form-Focused Assessment
Assessing Grammar
Defining Grammatical Knowledge
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selected Response
Designing Assessment Tasks: Limited Production
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extended Production
Assessing Vocabulary
The Nature of Vocabulary
Defining Lexical Knowledge
Some Considerations in Designing Assessment Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Receptive Vocabulary
Designing Assessment Tasks: Productive Vocabulary
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 11 Grading and Student Evaluation
The Philosophy of Grading: What Should Grades Reflect?
Guidelines for Selecting Grading Criteria
Calculating Grades: Absolute and Relative Grading
Teachers' Perceptions of Appropriate Grade Distributions
Institutional Expectations and Constraints
Cultural Norms and the Question of Difficulty
What Do Letter Grades Mean?
Scoring and Grading Tests and Assignments
Scoring Methods
Scoring Open-Ended Responses
Developing a Rubric
Guidelines for Grading and Evaluation
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 12 Beyond Letter Grading
Self- and Peer Assessment
Advantages of Self- and Peer Assessment
Types of Self- and Peer Assessment
Guidelines for Self- and Peer Assessment
A Taxonomy of Self- and Peer Assessment Tasks
Portfolios 130
Clear Purpose
Specific Guidelines
Transparent Assessment Criteria
Designated Time Allocated
Scheduled Review and Conferencing
Designated Location
Positive Final Assessments
Narrative Evaluations
Checklist Evaluations
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Appendix: Commercially Produced Tests of English as a Second/Foreign
Language
Glossary
Bibliography n
Preface Text Credits Chapter 1 Assessment Concepts and Issues Assessment
and Testing Measurement and Evaluation Assessment and Learning Informal and
Formal Assessment Formative and Summative Assessment Norm-Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests Types and Purposes of Assessment Achievement
Tests Diagnostic Tests Placement Tests Proficiency Tests Aptitude Tests
Issues in Language Assessment: Then and Now Behavioral Influences on
Language Testing Integrative Approaches Communicative Language Testing
Traditional and Alternative Assessment Performance-Based Assessment Current
Hot Topics in Language Assessment Dynamic Assessment Assessing Pragmatics
Use of Technology in Testing Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 2
Principles of Language Assessment Practicality Reliability Student-Related
Reliability
Rater Reliability Test Administration Reliability Test Reliability Validity
Content-Related Evidence Criterion-Related Evidence Construct-Related
Evidence Consequential Validity (Impact) Face Validity Authenticity
Washback Applying Principles to Classroom Testing Are the Test Procedures
Practical? Is the Test Itself Reliable? Can You Ensure Rater Reliability?
Does the Procedure Demonstrate Content Validity? Has the Impact of the Test
Been Carefully Accounted for? Are the Test Tasks as Authentic as Possible?
Does the Test Offer Beneficial Washback to the Learner? Maximizing Both
Practicality and Washback Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 3
Designing Classroom Language Tests Four Assessment Scenarios Scenario 1:
Reading Quiz Scenario 2: Grammar Unit Test Scenario 3: Midterm Essay
Scenario 4: Listening/Speaking Final Exam Determining the Purpose of a Test
Test Usefulness Reading Quiz Defining Abilities to be Assessed Grammar Unit
Test Drawing up Test Specifications Grammar Unit Test Midterm Essay
Devising Test Items Midterm Essay Listening/Speaking Final Exam Designing
Multiple-Choice Items Design Each Item to Measure a Single Objective State
Both Stem and Options as Simply and Directly as Possible Make Certain That
the Intended Answer Is Clearly Only the Correct One Use Item Indices to
Accept, Discard, or Revise Items (Optional) Listening/Speaking Final Exam
Administering the Test Scoring, Grading, and Giving Feedback Scoring
Grading Giving Feedback
Exercises For Your Further Reading
Chapter 4 Standards-Based Assessment
The Role of Standards in Standardized Tests Standards-Based Education
Designing English Language Standards
Standards-Based Assessment
CASAS and SCANS
Teacher Standards
Consequences of Standards-Based Assessment and Standardized Testing
Test Bias
Test-Driven Learning and Teaching
Ethical Issues: Critical Language Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 5 Standardized Testing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardized Tests
Developing a Standardized Test
Step 1: Determine the Purpose and Objectives of the Test
Step 2: Design Test Specifications
Step 3: Design, Select, and Arrange Test Tasks/Items
Step 4: Make Appropriate Evaluations of Different Kinds of Items
Step 5: Specify Scoring Procedures and Reporting Formats
Step 6: Perform Ongoing Construct Validation Studies
Standardized Language Proficiency Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 6 Assessing Listening
Cautionary Observations on Assessing Language Skills Separately
Integration of Skills in Language Assessment
Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Observing the Performance of the Four Skills
Basic Types of Listening
Micro- and Macroskills of Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Listening
Recognizing Phonological and Morphological Elements
Paraphrase Recognition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Listening
Listening Cloze
Information Transfer
Sentence Repetition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Listening
Dictation
Communicative Stimulus-Response Tasks
Authentic Listening Tasks
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 7 Assessing Speaking
Basic Types of Speaking
Imitative
Intensive
Responsive
Interactive
Extensive (Monologue)
Microskills and Macroskills of Speaking
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Speaking
Versant�
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Speaking
Directed Response Tasks
Read-Aloud Tasks
Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks and Oral Questionnaires
Picture-Cued Tasks
Translation (of Limited Stretches of Discourse)
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Speaking
Question and Answer
Giving Instructions and Directions
Paraphrasing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Speaking
Interview
Role Play
Discussions and Conversations
Games
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Designing Assessments: Extensive Speaking
Oral Presentations
Picture-Cued Storytelling
Retelling a Story, News Event
Translation (of Extended Prose)
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 8 Assessing Reading
Genres of Reading
Microskills, Macroskills, and Strategies for Reading
Types of Reading
Perceptive
Selective
Interactive
Extensive
Designing Assessment Tasks: Perceptive Reading
Reading Aloud
Written Response Multiple-Choice Picture-Cued Items
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Reading
Multiple-Choice (for Form-Focused Criteria) Matching Tasks
Editing Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Gap-Filling Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Reading
Cloze Tasks
Impromptu Reading Plus Comprehension Questions
Short-Answer Tasks
Editing (Longer Texts)
Scanning
Sequencing
Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Reading
Skimming Tasks
Summarizing and Responding
Notetaking and Outlining
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 9 Assessing Writing
Genres of Written Language
Types of Writing Performance
Micro- and Macroskills of Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Writing
Tasks in (Hand-)Writing Letters, Words, and Punctuation
Spelling Tasks and Detecting PhonemeGrapheme Correspondences
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive (Controlled) Writing
Dictation and Dicto-Comp
Grammatical Transformation Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Vocabulary Assessment Tasks
Ordering Tasks
Short-Answer and Sentence-Completion Tasks
Issues in Assessing Responsive and Extensive Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive and Extensive Writing
Paraphrasing
Guided Question and Answer
Paragraph Construction Tasks
Strategic Options
Standardized Tests of Responsive Writing
Scoring Methods for Responsive and Extensive Writing
Holistic Scoring
Analytic Scoring Primary Trait Scoring
Beyond Scoring: Responding to Extensive Writing
Assessing Initial Stages of the Process of Composing
Assessing Later Stages of the Process of Composing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 10 Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Understanding Form-Focused Assessment
Assessing Grammar
Defining Grammatical Knowledge
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selected Response
Designing Assessment Tasks: Limited Production
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extended Production
Assessing Vocabulary
The Nature of Vocabulary
Defining Lexical Knowledge
Some Considerations in Designing Assessment Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Receptive Vocabulary
Designing Assessment Tasks: Productive Vocabulary
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 11 Grading and Student Evaluation
The Philosophy of Grading: What Should Grades Reflect?
Guidelines for Selecting Grading Criteria
Calculating Grades: Absolute and Relative Grading
Teachers' Perceptions of Appropriate Grade Distributions
Institutional Expectations and Constraints
Cultural Norms and the Question of Difficulty
What Do Letter Grades Mean?
Scoring and Grading Tests and Assignments
Scoring Methods
Scoring Open-Ended Responses
Developing a Rubric
Guidelines for Grading and Evaluation
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 12 Beyond Letter Grading
Self- and Peer Assessment
Advantages of Self- and Peer Assessment
Types of Self- and Peer Assessment
Guidelines for Self- and Peer Assessment
A Taxonomy of Self- and Peer Assessment Tasks
Portfolios 130
Clear Purpose
Specific Guidelines
Transparent Assessment Criteria
Designated Time Allocated
Scheduled Review and Conferencing
Designated Location
Positive Final Assessments
Narrative Evaluations
Checklist Evaluations
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Appendix: Commercially Produced Tests of English as a Second/Foreign
Language
Glossary
Bibliography n
and Testing Measurement and Evaluation Assessment and Learning Informal and
Formal Assessment Formative and Summative Assessment Norm-Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests Types and Purposes of Assessment Achievement
Tests Diagnostic Tests Placement Tests Proficiency Tests Aptitude Tests
Issues in Language Assessment: Then and Now Behavioral Influences on
Language Testing Integrative Approaches Communicative Language Testing
Traditional and Alternative Assessment Performance-Based Assessment Current
Hot Topics in Language Assessment Dynamic Assessment Assessing Pragmatics
Use of Technology in Testing Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 2
Principles of Language Assessment Practicality Reliability Student-Related
Reliability
Rater Reliability Test Administration Reliability Test Reliability Validity
Content-Related Evidence Criterion-Related Evidence Construct-Related
Evidence Consequential Validity (Impact) Face Validity Authenticity
Washback Applying Principles to Classroom Testing Are the Test Procedures
Practical? Is the Test Itself Reliable? Can You Ensure Rater Reliability?
Does the Procedure Demonstrate Content Validity? Has the Impact of the Test
Been Carefully Accounted for? Are the Test Tasks as Authentic as Possible?
Does the Test Offer Beneficial Washback to the Learner? Maximizing Both
Practicality and Washback Exercises For Your Further Reading Chapter 3
Designing Classroom Language Tests Four Assessment Scenarios Scenario 1:
Reading Quiz Scenario 2: Grammar Unit Test Scenario 3: Midterm Essay
Scenario 4: Listening/Speaking Final Exam Determining the Purpose of a Test
Test Usefulness Reading Quiz Defining Abilities to be Assessed Grammar Unit
Test Drawing up Test Specifications Grammar Unit Test Midterm Essay
Devising Test Items Midterm Essay Listening/Speaking Final Exam Designing
Multiple-Choice Items Design Each Item to Measure a Single Objective State
Both Stem and Options as Simply and Directly as Possible Make Certain That
the Intended Answer Is Clearly Only the Correct One Use Item Indices to
Accept, Discard, or Revise Items (Optional) Listening/Speaking Final Exam
Administering the Test Scoring, Grading, and Giving Feedback Scoring
Grading Giving Feedback
Exercises For Your Further Reading
Chapter 4 Standards-Based Assessment
The Role of Standards in Standardized Tests Standards-Based Education
Designing English Language Standards
Standards-Based Assessment
CASAS and SCANS
Teacher Standards
Consequences of Standards-Based Assessment and Standardized Testing
Test Bias
Test-Driven Learning and Teaching
Ethical Issues: Critical Language Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 5 Standardized Testing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardized Tests
Developing a Standardized Test
Step 1: Determine the Purpose and Objectives of the Test
Step 2: Design Test Specifications
Step 3: Design, Select, and Arrange Test Tasks/Items
Step 4: Make Appropriate Evaluations of Different Kinds of Items
Step 5: Specify Scoring Procedures and Reporting Formats
Step 6: Perform Ongoing Construct Validation Studies
Standardized Language Proficiency Testing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 6 Assessing Listening
Cautionary Observations on Assessing Language Skills Separately
Integration of Skills in Language Assessment
Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Observing the Performance of the Four Skills
Basic Types of Listening
Micro- and Macroskills of Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Listening
Recognizing Phonological and Morphological Elements
Paraphrase Recognition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Listening
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Listening
Listening Cloze
Information Transfer
Sentence Repetition
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Listening
Dictation
Communicative Stimulus-Response Tasks
Authentic Listening Tasks
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 7 Assessing Speaking
Basic Types of Speaking
Imitative
Intensive
Responsive
Interactive
Extensive (Monologue)
Microskills and Macroskills of Speaking
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Speaking
Versant�
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive Speaking
Directed Response Tasks
Read-Aloud Tasks
Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks and Oral Questionnaires
Picture-Cued Tasks
Translation (of Limited Stretches of Discourse)
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive Speaking
Question and Answer
Giving Instructions and Directions
Paraphrasing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Speaking
Interview
Role Play
Discussions and Conversations
Games
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Designing Assessments: Extensive Speaking
Oral Presentations
Picture-Cued Storytelling
Retelling a Story, News Event
Translation (of Extended Prose)
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 8 Assessing Reading
Genres of Reading
Microskills, Macroskills, and Strategies for Reading
Types of Reading
Perceptive
Selective
Interactive
Extensive
Designing Assessment Tasks: Perceptive Reading
Reading Aloud
Written Response Multiple-Choice Picture-Cued Items
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selective Reading
Multiple-Choice (for Form-Focused Criteria) Matching Tasks
Editing Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Gap-Filling Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Interactive Reading
Cloze Tasks
Impromptu Reading Plus Comprehension Questions
Short-Answer Tasks
Editing (Longer Texts)
Scanning
Sequencing
Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Reading
Skimming Tasks
Summarizing and Responding
Notetaking and Outlining
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 9 Assessing Writing
Genres of Written Language
Types of Writing Performance
Micro- and Macroskills of Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Imitative Writing
Tasks in (Hand-)Writing Letters, Words, and Punctuation
Spelling Tasks and Detecting PhonemeGrapheme Correspondences
Designing Assessment Tasks: Intensive (Controlled) Writing
Dictation and Dicto-Comp
Grammatical Transformation Tasks
Picture-Cued Tasks
Vocabulary Assessment Tasks
Ordering Tasks
Short-Answer and Sentence-Completion Tasks
Issues in Assessing Responsive and Extensive Writing
Designing Assessment Tasks: Responsive and Extensive Writing
Paraphrasing
Guided Question and Answer
Paragraph Construction Tasks
Strategic Options
Standardized Tests of Responsive Writing
Scoring Methods for Responsive and Extensive Writing
Holistic Scoring
Analytic Scoring Primary Trait Scoring
Beyond Scoring: Responding to Extensive Writing
Assessing Initial Stages of the Process of Composing
Assessing Later Stages of the Process of Composing
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 10 Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary
Understanding Form-Focused Assessment
Assessing Grammar
Defining Grammatical Knowledge
Designing Assessment Tasks: Selected Response
Designing Assessment Tasks: Limited Production
Designing Assessment Tasks: Extended Production
Assessing Vocabulary
The Nature of Vocabulary
Defining Lexical Knowledge
Some Considerations in Designing Assessment Tasks
Designing Assessment Tasks: Receptive Vocabulary
Designing Assessment Tasks: Productive Vocabulary
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 11 Grading and Student Evaluation
The Philosophy of Grading: What Should Grades Reflect?
Guidelines for Selecting Grading Criteria
Calculating Grades: Absolute and Relative Grading
Teachers' Perceptions of Appropriate Grade Distributions
Institutional Expectations and Constraints
Cultural Norms and the Question of Difficulty
What Do Letter Grades Mean?
Scoring and Grading Tests and Assignments
Scoring Methods
Scoring Open-Ended Responses
Developing a Rubric
Guidelines for Grading and Evaluation
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Chapter 12 Beyond Letter Grading
Self- and Peer Assessment
Advantages of Self- and Peer Assessment
Types of Self- and Peer Assessment
Guidelines for Self- and Peer Assessment
A Taxonomy of Self- and Peer Assessment Tasks
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Clear Purpose
Specific Guidelines
Transparent Assessment Criteria
Designated Time Allocated
Scheduled Review and Conferencing
Designated Location
Positive Final Assessments
Narrative Evaluations
Checklist Evaluations
Exercises
For Your Further Reading
Appendix: Commercially Produced Tests of English as a Second/Foreign
Language
Glossary
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