03411nam 2200589 a 450 991077777410332120221108054246.01-281-72279-097866117227910-300-13381-210.12987/9780300133813(CKB)1000000000472073(StDuBDS)AH23049790(SSID)ssj0000257392(PQKBManifestationID)11219041(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257392(PQKBWorkID)10228439(PQKB)10401715(DE-B1597)484972(OCoLC)1024005695(DE-B1597)9780300133813(Au-PeEL)EBL3419821(CaPaEBR)ebr10167869(OCoLC)923587154(MiAaPQ)EBC3419821(EXLCZ)99100000000047207320010206d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTestcraft[electronic resource] a teacher's guide to writing and using language test specifications /Fred Davidson and Brian K. LynchNew Haven Yale University Pressc2002ix, 149 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-09006-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.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 --IndexThe 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.Language and languagesAbility testingLanguage and languagesAbility testing.407/.6Davidson Fred1547166Lynch Brian K480607MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777774103321Testcraft3803309UNINA