Testcraft : a teacher's guide to writing and using language test specifications / Fred Davidson and Brian K. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Fred.

Contributor:

Lynch, Brian K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Ability testing.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

ix, 149 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Test craft

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The creation of language tests is-and should be-a craft that is accessible and doable not only by a few language test experts, but also by many others who are involved in second/foreign language education, say the authors of this clear and timely book. Fred Davidson and Brian Lynch offer language educators a how-to guide for creating tests that reliably measure exactly what they are intended to measure. Classroom teachers, language administrators, and professors of language testing courses will find in this book an easy and flexible approach to language testing as well as the tools they need to develop tests appropriate to their individual needs. Davidson and Lynch explain criterion-related language test development, a process that focuses on the early stages of test development when the criterion to be tested is defined, specifications are established, and items and tasks are written. This process helps clarify the description of what is being measured by a test and enables teachers to give input on test design in any instructional setting. Informed by extensive research in criterion-referenced measurement, this book invites all language educators to participate in the craft of test development and shows them how to go about it.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The Nature of Testcraft

2. The Components of Test Specifications

3. Problems and Issues in Specification Writing

4. Building the Test

5. The Mandate

6. The Team

7. The Agency of Testcraft

Appendix 1: Some Essentials of Language Testing

Appendix 2: Teaching Specification Writing

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.

ISBN:

9786611722791

9781281722799

1281722790

9780300133813

0300133812

OCLC:

1024005695