Designing second language performance assessments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780824821098)

This volume focuses on the decision-making potential provided by second language performance assessments. The authors first situate performance assessment within a broader discussion of alternatives in language assessment and in educational assessment in general. They then discuss issues in performance assessment design, implementation, reliability, and validity. Finally, they present a prototype framework for second language performance assessment based on the integration of theoretical underpinnings and research findings from the task-based language teaching literature, the language testing literature, and the educational measurement literature. The authors outline test and item specifications, and they present numerous examples of prototypical language tasks. They also propose a research agenda focusing on the operationalization of second language performance assessments.

Author: John M. Norris, James Dean Brown, Thom H. Hudson
ISBN-10: 0824821092
ISBN-13: 9780824821098
Publisher: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
Language: English
Published: 06/06/1998
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d