【简介】
Test developers need to provide a clear explication of the language ability constructs that underpin the tests they offer in the public domain, such an explication is essential for supporting claims about the validity -or usefulness test scores.
This volume develops a theoretical framework for validating tests of second language reading ability. The framework is then applied through an examination of tasks in Cambridge ESOL reading tests from a number of different validity perspectives that reflect the socio-cognitive nature of any assessment event. The authors show how an understand and analysis of the framework and its components can assist test developers to operationalise their tests more effectively, especially in relation to the key criteria that differentiate one proficiency level from another.
This book provides:
·an up-to-date review of the relevant literature on assessing reading
·an accessible and systematic description of the different proficiency levels in second language reading
·a comprehensive and coherent basis for validating tests of reading.
This volume is a rich source of information on all aspects of examining reading ability. As such it will be of considerable interest to examination boards who wish to validate their own reading tests in a systematic and coherent manner as well as to academic researchers and graduate students in the field of language assessment more generally.
【出版说明】
语言测试作为语言教学的重要组成部分，一直是社会关注的焦点。近年来，我国学术界对语言测试研究的关注也在逐渐升温。国际上，学者们对语言测试的研究已经达到较高的水平，无论是从理论框架的形成到复杂数学模型的建构及其应用方面都取得了实质性的进展，而且在对有国际影响力的外语考试（如雅思、托福等）的信度、效度的研究方面也取得了不俗的成果，出版了不少优秀的著作。
英国剑桥大学出版社出版的‘Studies in Language Testing”是其中较有影响力的系列之一。丛书由剑桥语言测评中心策划推出，从测试领域的各个研究视角入手，展示了该领域研究的设计、数据收集和数据分析等环节的基础理论与实践操作，反映了测试领域的最新研究动态。
外教社从中精选9种，引进出版。这些图书中，有对语言测试听说读写等方面的效度和质性研究，也有对测试反拨效应及其对教学影响的研究，还有对雅思考试和欧洲语言共同参考框架的分析思考。希望丛书的出版可以为我国语言测试研究领域的发展和创新提供具有借鉴意义的启示，打开更广阔的研究思路。
【目录】
Abbreviations
Series Editors note
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Test-taker characteristics
3 Cognitive validity
4 Context validity
5 Scoring validity
6 Consequential validity
7 Criterion-related validity
8 Conclusions and recommendations
Appendices
Appendix A: Sample Reading tasks at five levels and answer keys
Appendix B: Candidate Information Sheet
Appendix C: Administrative setting
Appendix D: Standard procedures for the production of examination materials
Appendix E: General marking: performance management
Appendix F: Computer-based (CB) reading tests versus paper- based(PB)versions: some issues and directions
References
Author index
Subject index
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