TY  - BOOK
AU  - John M. Norris
PY  - 2012
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653011715
TI  - Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-01171-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053606
N2  - 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.
KW  - Fremdsprache, Sprachtest, Bewertung, German language education, Language Testing, Foreign Language Education, Evaluation, Program Evaluation
LA  - English
ER  -