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050			_aP 53.4 .A43 1995
100			_aAlderson, J. Charles _eauthor
245		0	_aLanguage test construction and evaluation / _cJ. Charles Alderson
260			_aEngland : _bCambridge University Press, _cc1995
300			_a310 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
365			_bUSD38.22
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Origins and overview -- 2. Test specifications: the syllabus on which the test is based -- 3. Item writing, test assembly and test analysis -- 4. Trilling the draft test and test analysis -- 5. The training of examiners and test administrators -- 6. Monitoring examiner reliability -- 7. Reporting scores and setting pass marks -- 8. Post-test reports -- 9. Test validation -- 10. Developing and improving tests -- 11. Standards in language testing: THE STATE OF THE ART.
520			_aLanguage Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one stage of the test construction process; from drafting initial test specifications, to reporting test scores, test validation and washback. In addition, current practice in the examining of English as a Foreign Language by different examining boards is reviewed in order to compare testing principles with present test practice.
650			_aLANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES--ABILITY TESTING
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