Evaluating language assessments /
Antony John Kunnan.
- First edition.
- xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- New perspectives on language assessment .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The need for evaluation -- Past frameworks and evaluations -- Ethics-based approach to assessment evaluation -- Building the fairness and justice argument -- Opportunity-to-learn -- Meaningfulness -- Absence of bias -- Washback and consequences -- Advancing fairness and justice -- Applications and implications.
"Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool. The volume explores language assessment evaluation in its wider political, economic, social, legal, and ethical contexts while also illustrating quantitative and qualitative methods through discussions of key research studies. Suitable for students in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and language assessment and education, this book makes the case for a clear and rigorous understanding of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of language assessment evaluation in order to achieve fair assessments and just institutions."--Provided by publisher.
College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English