1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708467403321

Titolo

Firearms lost : GSA's administration of the surplus firearm donation program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, March 2, 2016

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 41 pages)

Soggetti

Gun control - United States

Firearms - United States - Use in crime prevention

Surplus government property - United States

Firearms - Use in crime prevention

Gun control

Inventory control

Surplus government property

Legislative hearings.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

"Serial No. 114-71."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483318303321

Titolo

Challenges in Language Testing Around the World : Insights for language test users / / edited by Betty Lanteigne, Christine Coombe, James Dean Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

9789813342323

9813342323

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (553 pages)

Disciplina

418.0076

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Educational tests and measurements

Language Education

Assessment and Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introducing Challenges in Language Testing Around the World -- 2. Problems Caused by Ignoring Descriptive Statistics in Language Testing -- 3. Disregarding Data Due Diligence Versus Checking and Communicating Parametric Statistical Testing Procedure Assumptions -- 4. Washback of the Reformed College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) in English Learning and Teaching in China, and Possible Solutions -- 5. Fairness in College Entrance Exams in Japan and the Planned Use of External Tests in English -- 6. (Mis)use of High-stakes Standardized Tests for Multiple Purposes in Canada? A Call for an Evidence-based Approach to Language Testing and Realignment of Instruction.

Sommario/riassunto

This book combines insights from language assessment literacy and critical language testing through critical analyses and research about challenges in language assessment around the world. It investigates problematic practices in language testing which are relevant to language test users such as language program directors, testing centers, and language teachers, as well as teachers-in-training in Graduate Diploma and Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics programs. These issues involve aspects of language testing such as test



development, test administration, scoring, and interpretation/use of test results. Chapters in this volume discuss insights about language testing policy, testing world languages, developing program-level language tests and tests of specific language skills, and language assessment literacy. In addition, this book identifies two needs in language testing for further examination: the need for collaboration between language test developers, language test users, andlanguage users, and the need to base language tests on real-world language use.