Useful assessment and evaluation in language education / editors, John McE. Davis, John M. Norris, Margaret E. Malone, Todd H. McKay, Young-A Son.

This volume, derived from papers presented at the 2016 GURT conference, seeks to explore research and examples of practice of assessment and evaluation in language education. The specific--and varied--ways in which assessment and evaluation are able to impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called upon to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. This volume is divided into three parts, each exploring a different element of the conversation around assessment: "Connecting assessment, learners, and learning"; "Innovating, framing, and exploring assessment in language education"; and "Validity evaluation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Connecting assessment, learners, and learning. Developing students' self-assessment skills : the role of the teacher / Richard Kiely ; 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 ; The impact of self-assessment on learning and teaching in technology-mediated language education : user perceptions of the teletandem tracking sheet / Viviane Bagio Furtoso, Michael J. Ferreira ; An integrated approach to foreign language instruction and assessment / Keiko Koda, Junko Yamashita ; Using assessment to promote learning : clarifying constructs, theories, and practices / Constant Leung, Chris Davison, Martin East, Michael Evans, Yongcan Liu, Liz Hamp-Lyons, James E. Purpura -- Innovating, framing, and exploring assessment in language education. Linguistic correlates of proficiency (LCP) : at the intersection of testing and teaching / Svetlana V. Cook, Shauna J. Sweet, Alia Lancaster, Nicholas B. Panda, Scott R. Jackson, Eric Pelzl, Kira Gor, Catherine J. Doughty ; Face-to-face speaking assessment in the digital age : interactive speaking tasks online / Larry Davis, Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Lin Gu, Gary Ockey ; Task-based language assessment for L1 and L2 speakers in primary education : designing a useful task-specification framework / Koen van Gorp ; Predicting placement accuracy and language outcomes in immigrants' L2 Finnish education / Taina Tammelin-Laine, Ari Huhta, Reeta Neittaanmki, Tuija Hirvel, Sari Ohranen, Elina Stordell -- Validity evaluation. University entrance language tests : examining assumed equivalence / Bart Deygers ; Addressing consequences and validity during test design and development : implementing the cal validation framework / Justin Kelly, Jennifer Renn, Jennifer Norton ; Using a validation framework as a guide for planning analyses and collecting information in pre-operational and operational testing / Chih-kai Lin, David MacGregor ; Addressing diversity in call evaluation through arguments and theory-of-action / Jim Ranalli ; Validating assessments for meaning and usefulness / Michael Kane.

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