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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816450703321

Autore

Kopriva Rebecca J.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2008

New York : , : Routledge, , 2008

ISBN

1-135-59599-2

1-135-59600-X

1-281-31352-1

9786611313524

0-203-93283-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

428.0076

Soggetti

Test of English as a Foreign Language - Validity

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

English language - Ability testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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