Learning about language assessment : dilemmas, decisions, and directions / Kathleen M. Bailey

Author: Bailey, Kathleen M.
Published: Pacific Grove [Calif.] : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, [1998]
Copyright Date: ©1998
Physical Description: xiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

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Contents

Assessment as information gathering -- Analyzing tests : the case of dictation -- Conflicting purposes of assessment -- The role of background knowledge in the assessment of receptive skills -- A cloze-knit family -- Another dilemma : contrasting pairs of concepts -- Some useful statistical tools -- The correlation family -- Multiple-choice tests and item analyses -- Measuring meaning : dictocomps and strip stories -- Eliciting speech samples in role plays -- Three approaches to scoring writing samples -- "Alternative" assessments : performance tests and portfolios -- Self-assessment in language learning.

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Language and languages—Ability testing

ISBN

0838466885

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Includes bibliographical references.

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