Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment

By John Marvin Norris and Gunther Sigott Rudiger Grotjahn John M. Norris

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631549466
• ISBN13: 9783631549469
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"