Language Test Construction And Evaluation Cambridge Language Teaching Library

The book "Language Test Construction and Evaluation" discusses the process of creating and assessing language tests. Each chapter covers a different stage of the process, including drafting test specifications, reporting scores, and test validation. The book also reviews current practices in English language testing by different examining boards and compares them to testing principles. It is written in a practical manner, without assuming a statistical background, and aims to demystify the procedures and concepts involved in language test construction and evaluation. This book serves as a valuable reference for anyone seeking to understand the construction and evaluation of language tests.

Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one stage of the test construction process; from drafting initial test specifications, to reporting test scores, test validation and washback. In addition, current practice in the examining of English as a Foreign Language by different examining boards is reviewed in order to compare testing principles with present test practice. The focus of the book is on the practical: it does not assume a statistical background but explains and demystifies the procedures and concepts that are relevant to the construction and evaluation of language tests. Language Test Construction and Evaluation will provide an invaluable reference for anyone who wishes to understand how language tests are, and should be, constructed.