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Local Language Testing : Practice across Contexts / / edited by Xun Yan, Slobodanka Dimova, April Ginther
| Local Language Testing : Practice across Contexts / / edited by Xun Yan, Slobodanka Dimova, April Ginther |
| Autore | Yan Xun |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Disciplina | 418.0076 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DimovaSlobodanka
GintherApril |
| Collana | Educational Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages—Study and teaching
Applied linguistics Educational tests and measurements Language Education Applied Linguistics Assessment and Testing Adquisició d'una segona llengua Tests d'aptitud Tests i proves en educació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-33541-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: Development and Implementation -- Developing a local placement test for Italian: Successes and limitations from a test developer’s perspective; Carmen De Lorenzo and Koen Van Gorp -- Innovative assessment of Tourism English via a spoken dialog system: A local digitally delivered Tourism English assessment; Yasin Karatay -- Creating a role-play test-task and an indigenous rubric for dispensing drugs in English for Thai pharmacy students; Sasithorn Limgomolvilas and Jirada Wudthayagorn -- Identifying the phonological errors of second-modality, second-language (M2-L2) novice signers through video-based mock tests; Luigi Lerose -- Dynamic Assessment and Placement Exams in Second Language Programs: The Development and Implementation of a Language Diagnostic in a Study Abroad Context; Susana Madinabeitia Manso and Eduardo Negueruela Azarola -- Using Multi-Faceted Rasch Analysis to Examine Raters, Prompts, and Rubrics in an Office-Hour Role-Play Task; Haoshan Ren, Stephen Looney and Sara Cushing -- Part II: Validation and Use -- The validity of the MLAT-ES and MLAT-EC aptitude tests for young bilingual learners of a foreign language; Maria del Mar Suarez and Charles Stansfield -- Validation of the Czech Language Certificate Exam with Respect to the Local Context; Martina Hulešová and Kateřina Vodičková -- Speaking ‘CEFR’ about local tests: What mapping a placement test to the CEFR can and can’t do; Suzanne Springer and Martyna Kozlowska -- Building an assessment use argument for the national evaluation of learning outcomes among Finnish 6th graders’ learning English; Marita Härmälä and Raili Hildén -- Expectations, patterns, and strengths and limitations of correlations among language proficiency test scores; April Ginther, Lixia Cheng, Xiarorui Li and Sharareh Taghizadeh Vahed -- Impact of a Brazilian three-phased university admission program on the teaching practices of public- school Spanish teachers; Rafael S. R. de Melo and Gladys Quevedo-Camargo. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910735397503321 |
Yan Xun
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Test Data Engineering [[electronic resource] ] : Latent Rank Analysis, Biclustering, and Bayesian Network / / by Kojiro Shojima
| Test Data Engineering [[electronic resource] ] : Latent Rank Analysis, Biclustering, and Bayesian Network / / by Kojiro Shojima |
| Autore | Shojima Kojiro |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 579 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 519.542 |
| Collana | Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior |
| Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Statistical methods
Statistics Political planning Psychometrics Machine learning Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy Statistical Theory and Methods Public Policy Machine Learning Estadística bayesiana Anàlisi de conglomerats Mineria de dades Tests i proves en educació Processament de dades Visualització de la informació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9789811699863
9789811699856 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Concept of Test Data Engineering -- Test Data and Item Analysis -- Classical Test Theory -- Item Response Theory -- Latent Class Analysis -- Biclustering -- Bayesian Network Model. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996485661803316 |
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Shojima Kojiro
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| Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Test Data Engineering [[electronic resource] ] : Latent Rank Analysis, Biclustering, and Bayesian Network / / by Kojiro Shojima
| Test Data Engineering [[electronic resource] ] : Latent Rank Analysis, Biclustering, and Bayesian Network / / by Kojiro Shojima |
| Autore | Shojima Kojiro |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 579 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 519.542 |
| Collana | Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior |
| Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Statistical methods
Statistics Political planning Psychometrics Machine learning Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy Statistical Theory and Methods Public Policy Machine Learning Estadística bayesiana Anàlisi de conglomerats Mineria de dades Tests i proves en educació Processament de dades Visualització de la informació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9789811699863
9789811699856 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Concept of Test Data Engineering -- Test Data and Item Analysis -- Classical Test Theory -- Item Response Theory -- Latent Class Analysis -- Biclustering -- Bayesian Network Model. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586633203321 |
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Shojima Kojiro
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| Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transforming assessment in education : the hidden world of language games / / Stephen Roderick Dobson and Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto
| Transforming assessment in education : the hidden world of language games / / Stephen Roderick Dobson and Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto |
| Autore | Dobson Stephen Roderick |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Disciplina | 371.26 |
| Collana | The Enabling Power of Assessment |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational tests and measurements
Tests i proves en educació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9783031269912
9783031269905 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. What is critical realism and how to understand assessment? -- 2. New forms of society: new forms of assessment? -- 3.Assessment for learning – motorway or dead end for improved learning outcomes? -- 4. Challenging the culture of formative assessment -- 5. Negotiating belief and habitus on assessment within institution -- 6. Developing assessment capital for excellence -- 7. Motivation, learning and assessment -- 8. Assessment and connoisseurship -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910720080603321 |
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Dobson Stephen Roderick
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Using data to improve student learning : theory, research and practice / / Graham S. Maxwell
| Using data to improve student learning : theory, research and practice / / Graham S. Maxwell |
| Autore | Maxwell Graham S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 pages) |
| Disciplina | 371.26 |
| Collana | The Enabling Power of Assessment |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational evaluation
Educational tests and measurements Avaluació educativa Tests i proves en educació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-63539-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484116403321 |
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Maxwell Graham S.
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Validity of educational assessments in Chile and Latin America / / Jorge Manzi, Maria Rosa Garcia, Sandy Taut, editors
| Validity of educational assessments in Chile and Latin America / / Jorge Manzi, Maria Rosa Garcia, Sandy Taut, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 pages) |
| Disciplina | 371.26 |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational tests and measurements - Chile - Evaluation
Education - Chile - Evaluation Tests i proves en educació Avaluació educativa Avaluació dels professors |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-78390-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 A Book on Validity -- 1.2 Conceptual Contributions -- 1.3 Technical Contributions -- 1.4 Chapters That Illustrate Validation Processes -- 1.4.1 Based on Multiple Evidence -- 1.4.2 Based on Specific Evidence -- 1.5 Challenges Around Validity -- 1.6 To Conclude: Book Structure -- References -- 2 Is Validation a Luxury or an Indispensable Asset for Educational Assessment Systems? -- 2.1 The Modern Definition of Validity and Validation -- 2.2 The History of Validity -- 2.2.1 Early Definitions of Validity -- 2.2.2 Messick's Unified Construct of Validity -- 2.2.3 Cronbach's Notion of Validation -- 2.2.4 Kane's Contribution on Validity Arguments -- 2.2.5 Are Consequences of Testing Part of Test Validation? -- 2.3 The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing -- 2.3.1 Evidence Based on Test Content -- 2.3.2 Evidence Based on Response Processes -- 2.3.3 Evidence Based on Internal Structure -- 2.3.4 Evidence Based on Relations to Other Variables -- 2.3.5 Evidence Based on Consequences of Testing -- 2.3.6 Validation as Integration of Different Types of Evidence -- 2.4 The Political Dimension of Validation -- References -- Part I Validity of Student Learning Assessments -- 3 How to Ensure the Validity of National Learning Assessments? Priority Criteria for Latin America and the Caribbean -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What Does It Mean to Validate Assessments? -- 3.3 Validation Criteria -- 3.4 Dimension of Test Alignment with the Official Curriculum -- 3.4.1 Criterion 1: The Design of the Assessment is Justified in Reference to the Curriculum -- 3.4.2 Criterion 2: The Assessment Domain is Operationalized by Taking into Consideration Actual Student Learning -- 3.4.3 Criterion 3: Test Results Allow Accurate and Unbiased Monitoring of the Achievement of Curricular Learning Over Time.
3.5 Dimension of Curricular Validity of Performance Levels -- 3.5.1 Criteria: 4. Performance Levels Are Aligned with the Curriculum and 5. Performance Levels Are Operationalized with Actual Student Learning in Mind -- 3.5.2 Criterion 6: Performance Levels Describe Qualitatively Different Stages of Learning -- 3.5.3 Criterion 7: Performance Levels Balance Stability and Change in the Context of a Dynamic Curriculum Policy -- 3.6 Dimension of Consequential Validity of the Assessments -- 3.6.1 Criteria: 8. Assessment Results Are Effectively Communicated, and 9. There Are Formal Mechanisms to Support the Use of Assessments to Improve Learning -- 3.6.2 Criterion 10: There Are Formal Mechanisms to Monitor the Impact of Assessments on the Education System -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Contemporary Practices in the Curricular Validation of National Learning Assessments in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Cases from Chile, Mexico, and Peru -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Methodology -- 4.3 Curriculum Validation Practices in Latin America -- 4.3.1 Dimension of Test Alignment with the Official Curriculum -- 4.3.2 Dimension of Curricular Validity of the Performance Levels -- 4.3.3 Dimension of Consequential Validity of Assessments -- 4.4 Achievements, Challenges, and Implications for a Validation Agenda -- References -- 5 Learning Progress Assessment System, SEPA: Evidence of Its Reliability and Validity -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Learning Progress Assessment System, SEPA -- 5.3 Routine Validation Agenda in SEPA -- 5.3.1 Arguments Based on the Content of SEPA Tests -- 5.3.2 Validity Evidence on Internal Test Structure -- 5.3.3 Reliability Checks -- 5.3.4 Fairness Checks -- 5.4 Occasional Validation Studies Agenda in SEPA -- 5.4.1 Evidence on the Relationship with Other Variables: Correlation with SIMCE. 5.4.2 Usage Studies as Validity Evidence Based on Consequences -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Validation Processes of the National Assessment of Educational Achievements-Aristas: The Experience of the INEEd (Uruguay) -- 6.1 The Standardized Assessment in Uruguay and the Creation and Development of the INEEd -- 6.1.1 Standardized Assessment in Uruguay -- 6.1.2 The Creation and Development of the INEEd -- 6.2 Aristas, the National Assessment of Educational Achievement -- 6.2.1 Reading -- 6.2.2 Mathematics -- 6.2.3 Social-Emotional Skills -- 6.2.4 School Life, Participation and Human Rights -- 6.2.5 Family Context and School Environment -- 6.2.6 Learning Opportunities -- 6.3 Validation Processes for the Use of Aristas Results -- 6.3.1 Evidence of Content-Related Validity of Reading and Mathematics Tests: Defining the Conceptual Framework and Itemization Process -- 6.3.2 Evidence of Validity Associated with the Internal Structure of Reading and Mathematics Tests: Psychometric Analysis -- 6.3.3 Evidence of Validity Associated with the Content of the Social-Emotional Skills Instrument: Definition of the Conceptual Framework and Process of Itemization -- 6.3.4 Evidence of Validity Associated with the Internal Structure of the Social-Emotional Skills Instrument: Psychometric Analysis of the Instrument -- 6.4 Conclusions: Challenges Regarding the Use of Evaluation -- References -- 7 The Validity and Social Legitimacy of the Chilean National Assessment of Learning Outcomes (SIMCE): The Role of Evidence and Deliberation -- 7.1 A Brief History of SIMCE -- 7.2 The External Committees Convened to Revise SIMCE -- 7.2.1 A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Judging SIMCE -- 7.3 Evidence to Support the Validity of SIMCE Result Interpretations -- 7.3.1 Validity as a Relation to Other Measures -- 7.3.2 Validity as Curriculum Alignment. 7.3.3 Validity of the Interpretation of Comparisons Between years -- 7.3.4 Quality of Education: More Than SIMCE and More Than Learning Achievement -- 7.3.5 Validity as Consequences and Impact of SIMCE -- 7.4 On the Social Legitimacy and Political Feasibility of SIMCE -- 7.4.1 Two SIMCE Review Committees to Address Crises of Social and Political Legitimacy -- 7.5 Conclusions and Discussion -- 7.5.1 A Validation Agenda not Only for SIMCE but also for the Categorization of Schools and the Quality Assurance System -- 7.5.2 The Institutionality for Conducting a Validation Agenda -- 7.5.3 On the Social Justification and Political Viability of the National Assessment System -- References -- Part II Validity of International Assessments -- 8 Test Comparability and Measurement Validity in Educational Assessment -- 8.1 What is Comparability and Why is It Important for Validity? -- 8.1.1 Comparability Between Scores from Different Forms of a Test, Applied on the Same Occasion -- 8.1.2 Comparability Between Scores from Different Forms of a Test, Applied on Different Occasions -- 8.1.3 Comparability Between National and International Test Results -- 8.1.4 Comparability Between Scores from Tests Administered to Different School Levels or Grades -- 8.1.5 Comparability Between Scores from the Same Test Administered to Different Populations or Sub-populations -- 8.1.6 Comparability Between Results from Same Test Administered with Different Devices, to Equivalent Populations -- 8.2 Technical Considerations for Comparability Between Forms from the Same Test: Equating Between Forms -- 8.2.1 Equating Designs -- 8.2.2 Psychometric Methodology to Equate Forms -- 8.3 Technical Considerations on Comparability Between Measurements from Different Occasions: Non-Equivalent Groups -- 8.3.1 Equating Designs -- 8.3.2 Psychometric Methodology to Equate Forms. 8.4 Technical Considerations on Comparability Between National and International Tests: Alignment and Concordance Between Scores -- 8.5 Conclusions -- 8.6 Appendix: Suggested Readings for Further Discussion on Issues of Comparability -- References -- 9 Measurement of Factor Invariance in Large-Scale Tests -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Why is It Necessary to Measure Invariance in Large-Scale Testing? -- 9.3 Measurement Invariance and Measurement Bias -- 9.3.1 Measurement Bias -- 9.3.2 Invariance -- 9.4 Measurement of Invariance and Validity -- 9.5 An Approach to the Factor Analysis Model -- 9.6 Factor Invariance Levels -- 9.6.1 Configural -- 9.6.2 Strict -- 9.7 Goodness-of-Fit Indices to Assess Levels of Invariance -- 9.8 Other Aspects of Invariance Measurement -- 9.8.1 Measurement Invariance and Prediction Invariance -- 9.8.2 What to Do When There is no Measurement Invariance? -- 9.9 An Example: Measuring Factor Invariance of the PISA 2015 Environmental Awareness Scale -- 9.9.1 Background -- 9.9.2 Method -- 9.9.3 Results -- 9.9.4 Synthesis of Findings from the Example -- 9.10 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Invariance of Socioeconomic Status Scales in International Studies -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Theoretical Framework -- 10.3 Methodology -- 10.3.1 Data -- 10.4 Analytical Strategy -- 10.5 Results -- 10.6 Discussion -- 10.7 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Measuring Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in International Tests: Implications for Their Validity -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2009 -- 11.2.1 Construction of Scales and Comparability -- 11.3 Studies on Gender Attitudes in Students -- 11.3.1 Measuring Attitudes Towards Gender Equality: Rights, Roles and Spaces for Participation -- 11.4 Data, Variables and Methods -- 11.4.1 Data -- 11.4.2 Variables -- 11.4.3 Method -- 11.5 Results. 11.5.1 One-Dimensional Model Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Gender Equality. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910503004203321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Written assessment in medical education / / edited by Hosam Eldeen Elsadig Gasmalla, [and three others]
| Written assessment in medical education / / edited by Hosam Eldeen Elsadig Gasmalla, [and three others] |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Disciplina | 929.374 |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational tests and measurements
Ensenyament de la medicina Tests i proves en educació |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-11752-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Basic concepts -- Chapter 2. Assessment of learning outcomes -- Chapter 3. Blueprint in Assessment -- Chapter 4. Types of Written -- Chapter 5. open-response questions -- Chapter 6. MCQs (A-Type) -- Chapter 7. MCQs (R-type) -- Chapter 8. Standard Setting -- Chapter 9. Online Assessment. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910659486903321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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