%0 Book
%A John M. Norris
%D 2012
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653011715
%T Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-01171-5
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053606
%X This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation» as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental reconceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.
%K Fremdsprache, Sprachtest, Bewertung, German language education, Language Testing, Foreign Language Education, Evaluation, Program Evaluation
%G English