03561oam 2200673I 450 991045807710332120200520144314.01-135-59600-X1-281-31352-197866113135240-203-93283-810.4324/9780203932834 (CKB)1000000000399443(EBL)330980(OCoLC)476129944(SSID)ssj0000177476(PQKBManifestationID)11156293(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177476(PQKBWorkID)10215973(PQKB)10127956(MiAaPQ)EBC330980(Au-PeEL)EBL330980(CaPaEBR)ebr10228376(CaONFJC)MIL131352(OCoLC)437198554(OCoLC)229452380(EXLCZ)99100000000039944320180706d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImproving testing for English language learners /Rebecca J. KoprivaNew York :Routledge,2008.1 online resource (365 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-76360-6 0-8058-6043-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-344) and index.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 ReviewsCHAPTER 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; 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 throughoutTest of English as a Foreign LanguageValidityEnglish languageStudy and teachingForeign speakersEnglish languageAbility testingElectronic books.Test of English as a Foreign LanguageValidity.English languageStudy and teachingForeign speakers.English languageAbility testing.428.0076Kopriva Rebecca J.925727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458077103321Improving testing for English language learners2078635UNINA