LEADER 03440nam 22005295 450 001 9910483318303321 005 20240326102454.0 010 $a9789813342323 010 $a9813342323 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-33-4232-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011773242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6482023 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-33-4232-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011773242 100 $a20210217d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChallenges in Language Testing Around the World $eInsights for language test users /$fedited by Betty Lanteigne, Christine Coombe, James Dean Brown 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (553 pages) 311 08$a9789813342316 311 08$a9813342315 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching 606 $aEducational tests and measurements 606 $aLanguage Education 606 $aAssessment and Testing 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aEducational tests and measurements. 615 14$aLanguage Education. 615 24$aAssessment and Testing. 676 $a418.0076 702 $aLanteigne$b Betty 702 $aCoombe$b Christine A$g(Christine Anne),$f1962- 702 $aBrown$b James Dean 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483318303321 996 $aChallenges in language testing around the world$92846188 997 $aUNINA