Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development
Slobodanka Dimova, "Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development"
English | ISBN: 1138588490 | 2020 | 212 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 16 MB
English | ISBN: 1138588490 | 2020 | 212 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 16 MB
Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development describes the language testing practice that exists in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in the language testing and assessment literature. Covering both theory and practice, the book focuses on the advantages of local tests, fosters and encourages their use, and provides suggested ideas for their development and maintenance. The authors include examples of operational tests with well-proven track records and discuss:
the ability of local tests to represent local contexts and values, explicitly and purposefully embed test results within instructional practice, and provide data for program evaluation and research;
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