LEADER 03435nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910822679403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72279-0 010 $a9786611722791 010 $a0-300-13381-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300133813 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472073 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257392 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219041 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257392 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228439 035 $a(PQKB)10401715 035 $a(DE-B1597)484972 035 $a(OCoLC)1024005695 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300133813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419821 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167869 035 $a(OCoLC)923587154 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419821 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472073 100 $a20010206d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTestcraft $ea teacher's guide to writing and using language test specifications /$fFred Davidson and Brian K. Lynch 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $aix, 149 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09006-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Nature of Testcraft --$t2. The Components of Test Specifications --$t3. Problems and Issues in Specification Writing --$t4. Building the Test --$t5. The Mandate --$t6. The Team --$t7. The Agency of Testcraft --$tAppendix 1: Some Essentials of Language Testing --$tAppendix 2: Teaching Specification Writing --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 517 3 $aTest craft 606 $aLanguage and languages$xAbility testing 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xAbility testing. 676 $a407/.6 700 $aDavidson$b Fred$01690413 701 $aLynch$b Brian K$0480607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822679403321 996 $aTestcraft$94066092 997 $aUNINA