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Language testing : the social dimension / Tim McNamara and Carsten Roever.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language learning. Monograph series.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405155434
  • 9781405155434
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418.0076 22
LOC classification:
  • P53.4 .M359 2006
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Validity and the social dimension of language testing -- 3. The social dimension of proficiency: How testable is it? -- 4. Psychometric approaches to fairness: Bias and DIF -- 5. Fairness reviews and codes of ethics -- 6. Language tests and social identity -- 7. Language assessments at school: Social values and policy -- 8. Where to from here? Implications for research and training.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-283) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Validity and the social dimension of language testing -- 3. The social dimension of proficiency: How testable is it? -- 4. Psychometric approaches to fairness: Bias and DIF -- 5. Fairness reviews and codes of ethics -- 6. Language tests and social identity -- 7. Language assessments at school: Social values and policy -- 8. Where to from here? Implications for research and training.

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