Designing Second Language Performance Assessments

Norris, John Michael; Brown, James Dean; Hudson, Thom; Yoshioka, Jim

ISBN 10: 0824821092 / ISBN 13: 9780824821098

Editore: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center, 1998

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• Titolo: Designing Second Language Performance Assessments
• Editore: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0824821092
• ISBN 13: 9780824821098
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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This technical report 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. Then they 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 present examples of prototypical language tasks. They also propose a research agenda based on performance assessments.