Improving testing for English language learners / Rebecca J. Kopriva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kopriva, Rebecca J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Test of English as a Foreign Language--Validity.

Test of English as a Foreign Language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Ability testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure the academic achievement of English language learners. It scaffolds the entire process of test development and implementation and discusses essential intervention points. The book provides the type of evidence-based guidance called for in federal mandates such as the NCLB legislation. Key features of this important new book include the following….  . Comprehensive – This book recommends methods for properly including ELLs throughout

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Purpose and Overview; CHAPTER 2 Changing Demographics in a Testing Culture: Why This Issue Matters; CHAPTER 3 The Past as Preparation: Measurement, Public Policy and Implications for Access; CHAPTER 4 Getting Started: Issues of Participation, Alignment, and Validating Access with Test Specifications; CHAPTER 5 Providing the Foundation of Principled Test Construction: Maintaining the Integrity of the Item Targets; CHAPTER 6 Access-based Item Development; CHAPTER 7 Tools, Test Forms, and Reviews

CHAPTER 8 In What Language Should English Language Learners Be Tested?CHAPTER 9 Other Relevant Accommodations and Pretest Support; CHAPTER 10 Proper Assignment of Accommodations to Individual Students; CHAPTER 11 Scoring Considerations for English Language Learners; CHAPTER 12 Selected Technical Considerations; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-344) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-59599-2

1-135-59600-X

1-281-31352-1

9786611313524

0-203-93283-8

9780203932834

OCLC:

476129944