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Language Testing http://ltj.sagepub.com/ Validity and washback in language testing Samuel Messick Language Testing 1996 13: 241 DOI: 10.1177/026553229601300302 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ltj.sagepub.com/content/13/3/241 Published by: http://www.sagepublications...
Washback, a concept prominent in applied linguistics, refers to the extent to which the introduction and use of a test influences language teachers and learners to do things they would not otherwise do that promote or inhibit language learning. Some proponents have even maintained that a test's ...
Washback (or backwash) is the specific term used to refer to the effects of high-stakes assessment on teaching and learning and is considered a subset of test impact more generally (Cheng, 2008). The inflationary or deflationary effect of nonsubstantive (construct irrelevant) performance elements ...
1.Facevalidity:non-testerssuchasstudentsandadministratorscommentonthevalueofthetest.2.Contentvalidity:testersorlanguageorsubjectexpertsjudgethetest(Alderson1995:172).Facevalidity Facevaliditysimplymeansthevalidityatfacevalue.Asacheckonfacevalidity,test/surveyitemsaresenttoteacherstoobtainsuggestionsformodification....
In other word, a test can be valid if it focus solely on measuring what it intends to measure and nothing else. Henning(1987) states that validity is the central problem in foreign language testing. Some people believe it is the most complex criterion of a good test. Positive washback is...
“washback”,whichisdefinedas“theeffectoftestingonteachingandlearning”(Hughes1989:1).Atestcanhaveeitherabeneficialorharmfulwashbackeffectonteachingandlearning.Ifatestisdesignedinsuchawaythatitexertsacorrectiveinfluenceonbadteachingorlearningandsupportsgoodteachingorlearning,thenitissaidtohavebeneficialwashback.If,on...
It is posited that enhanced rigour in the assessment development cycle can bring benefits that include increased confidence in the validity of assessment questions; a double-loop learning cycle (Mitri, 2003) that can facilitate positive washback into curriculum and assessment development; improved ...
Bailey,M K. - 《Language Testing》 被引量: 962发表: 1996年 Changing language teaching through language testing : a washback study There are two major theories of aging: the programmatic theory states that aging is an inherent genetic process, and the stochastic theory states that agin... L ...
butprevioussurveysshowspositivewashbackinteachingandlearningasstudents'readingandoralcommunicationabilitieshavebeenimproved.Intheend;threesuggestionsforCET'sdevelopmentaresummedup:empha?sislessontestresult;informstudentswiththesignificanceofCET'sreform;therelationshipamongtesting;teachingandlearningshouldbebuiltintoamutual...