Testcraft : A Teacher's Guide to Writing and Using Language Test Specifications

, by Fred Davidson and Brian K. Lynch

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ISBN: 9780300090062 | 0300090064
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 9/10/2001

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Supplemental Materials

Acknowledgments

The Nature of Testcraft

Unity in Diversity

(2)

The Basic Tool of Testcraft

(1)

A Bit of History

(4)

Clarity and Validity

(1)

Purpose

(1)

Teaching

(2)

Specificity of the Criterion

(2)

The Five-Component Popham Test Specification Model

(1)

Wrapping Up

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Outline of the Remaining Chapters

(3)

The Components of Test Specifications

Specification Format and Purpose

(1)

Specification Components

(9)

The General Description

(2)

The Prompt Attributes Section

(3)

The Response Attributes Section

(1)

The Sample Item

(1)

The Specification Supplement

(1)

All Together Now

(1)

Alternative Approaches to Specification Format

(4)

Exercises

(1)

Problems and Issues in Specification Writing

Problem 1: The Role of the GD

(3)

Problem 2: The Difference between the PA and the RA

(4)

Problem 3: Reverse Engineering

(3)

Problem 4: Item/Task Fit-to-Spec

(4)

Problem 5: The Event versus the Procedure

(2)

Problem 6: Specplates

(3)

Problem 7: ``Speclish'' and Level of Generality

(4)

Problem 8: Ownership

(2)

Concluding Remarks about the Process

(1)

Building the Test

Unity, Chance, and Control in Test Design

(3)

The Nature of Feedback

(1)

The Set-in-Stone Phenomenon

(2)

Aggregation and the Table of Specifications

(2)

The Importance of Response Data

(3)

Banks and Maps

(2)

``Finalizing'' the Operational Measure and the Go/No-Go Decision

(3)

Concluding Remarks

(2)

The Mandate

Story 1: The Reactive EFL School

(3)

Story 2: The IMAGE

(3)

Story 3: The UCLA ESLPE

(4)

Story 4: Lowering Admissions Scores

(3)

Story 5: ``It's Time to Write the Test Again''

(2)

Story 6: Shorten the Test

(3)

Conclusions

(2)

The Team

The Power of Groups

(1)

The Structure of a Group

(2)

The Process of a Group

101

(6)

The Testcraft Group Dynamics Study

107

(11)

Participants

107

(1)

Data Gathering and Analysis

108

(1)

Findings from the Testcraft Group Dynamics Study

109

(8)

Conclusions from the Testcraft Group Study

117

(1)

Exercises on Group Process and Testcrafting

118

(3)

The Agency of Testcraft

Review and Preview

121

(1)

Determinism in Testing

122

(1)

Advocacy in Testing

123

(1)

Advocacy by Whom and How?

124

(4)

Advocacy for Whom?

128

(2)

Thought Exercises

130

(1)

Appendix 1: Some Essentials of Language Testing

The Classical Purposes of Testing

131

(1)

Operationalization and the Discrete-Integrative Distinction

132

(1)

Statistics

132

(1)

Reliability and Validity

133

(3)

Appendix 2: Teaching Specification Writing

136

(5)

Bibliography

141

(6)

Index

147

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Testcraft : A Teacher's Guide to Writing and Using Language Test Specifications

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