Designing second language performance assessments (Technical Report) - Softcover

Norris, John M; Brown, James Dean; Hudson, Thom H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824821092 ISBN 13: 9780824821098

Publisher: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0824821092
• ISBN 13: 9780824821098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244