Global Perspectives on Language Assessment

Spiros Papageorgiou is Managing Senior Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service.Kathleen M. Bailey is Professor at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA.

"This leading-edge volume captures an extremely broad cross-section of research contexts and assessment-related issues. By doing so, the book helps the reader—and the field—move beyond the findings and points of view that focus so heavily on the same learners and settings."--Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University, USA"Global Perspectives on Language Assessment provides much-needed support for teachers’ professional development. This book is written by some of the brightest scholars in our field and is based on cutting-edge research studies. This volume not only helps teachers develop their testing and assessment practices, but also includes an important narrative element, which will enhance teachers’ assessment literacy, leading ultimately to enhanced student learning." --Liying Cheng, Queen’s University, Canada

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1: Raters and Rating1. Analytic Rubric Format: How Category Position Affects Raters’ Mental RubricLaura Ballard2. Rater Training in a Speaking Assessment: Impact on More- and Less-Proficient RatersLarry Davis3. The Impact of Rater Experience and Essay Quality on the Variability of EFL Writing ScoresÖzgür Şahan4. Assessing Second Language Writing: Raters’ Perspectives from a Sociocultural ViewYi MeiPart 2: Test Development and Validation5. Assessing Clinical Communication on the Occupational English Test Brigita Séguis & Sarah McElwee6. Updating the Domain Analysis of the Writing Subtest of a Large-scale Standardized Test for K-12 English Language LearnersJing Wei, Tanya Bitterman, Ruslana Westerlund & Jennifer Norton7. The Effect of Audiovisual Input on Academic Listen-Speak Task PerformanceChing-Ni Hsieh & Larry Davis8. The Reliability of Readability Tools in L2 ReadingAlisha Biler9. Eye Tracking Evidence on the Role of Second Language Proficiency in Integrated Writing Task PerformanceMikako Nishikawa10. The Effects of Writing Task Manipulations on ESL Students’ Performance: Genre and Idea Support as Task VariablesHyung-Jo Yoon11. Cyberpragmatics: Assessing Interlanguage Pragmatics through Interactive Email CommunicationIftikhar HaiderPart 3: Test-taker and Teacher Perspectives12. Did Test Preparation Practices for the College English Test (CET) Work? A Study from Chinese Students’ PerspectivesJia Ma13. Intended Goals and Reality in Practice: Test Takers’ Perspectives on the College English Test in ChinaYing Bai14. How Teacher Conceptions of Assessment Mediate Assessment Literacy: A Case Study of a University English Teacher in ChinaYueting Xu15. Sociocultural Implications of Assessment Practices in Iranian, French, and American Foreign Language ClassesSoodeh EghtesadIndex