32.734, Books: Validity Argument in Language Testing: Chapelle, Voss (eds.)

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Subject: 32.734, Books: Validity Argument in Language Testing: Chapelle, Voss (eds.)

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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:20:20
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Validity Argument in Language Testing: Chapelle, Voss (eds.)

Title: Validity Argument in Language Testing 
Subtitle: Case Studies of Validation Research 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/validity-argument-language-testing-case-studies-validation-research?format=PB 

Editor: Carol A. Chapelle
Editor: Erik Voss

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108484022 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 115.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108484022 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 89.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108484022 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.03
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108705707 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 39.99
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Abstract:

Language tests play pivotal roles in education, research on learning, and
gate-keeping decisions. The central concern for language testing professionals
is how to investigate whether or not tests are appropriate for their intended
purposes. This book introduces an argument-based validity framework to help
with the design of research that investigates the validity of language test
interpretation and use. The book presents the principal concepts and technical
terms, then shows how they can be implemented successfully in practice through
a variety of validation studies. It also demonstrates how argument-based
validity intersects with technology in language testing research and
highlights the use of validity argument for identifying research questions and
interpreting the results of validation research. Use of the framework helps
researchers in language testing to communicate clearly and consistently about
technical issues with each other and with researchers of other types of tests.

1. Introduction to Validity Argument in Language Testing and Assessment Carol
A. Chapelle, Erik Voss; 2. Understanding Argument-based Validity in Language
Testing Carol A. Chapelle, Hye-won Lee; 3. A Systematic Review of
Argument-based Validation Studies in the Field of Language Testing (2000–2018)
Ahmet Dursun, Zhi Li; 4. Domain Definition Inference for a Virtual Interactive
Aviation English Test (VIAET) for Military Air Traffic Controllers Moonyoung
Park; 5. Support for the Evaluation Inference: Investigating Conditions for
Rating Responses on a Test of Academic Oral Language Hyejin Yang; 6.
Generalization Inference for a Computer-mediated Graphic-prompt Writing Test
for ESL Placement YunDeok Choi; 7. The Telephone Standard Speaking Test: an
Outside Evaluator's Investigation of a Rebuttal to the Generalization
Inference Rie Koizumi; 8. The Explanation Inference for a Test of Academic
English Collocational Ability Erik Voss; 9. Extrapolation of the Meaning of
Grades on Writing Tasks in an ESL Writing Class to Success on Tasks in
University Courses Jooyoung Lee; 10. Justifying the Interpretation and Use of
an ESL Writing Final Examination Heesung Jun; 11. An Argument for Use of a
Test of Productive Grammatical Ability for Placement into Writing Classes
Yoo-Ree Chung; 12. Investigating the Consequences of an ESL Placement Test Zhi
Li; 13. Validation Research and its Limits Carol A. Chapelle, Erik Voss.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Written In: English  (eng)

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