Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment
Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment
Home to the most innovative studies in its field, the Oxford Applied Linguistics series furthers research in English teaching and learning, and provides strong foundations for language pedagogy.
- Part of: Oxford Applied Linguistics
- ISBN: 978-0-19-401708-4
- Pages: 224
- Binding: Paperback
- Dimensions: 234x156 mm
This book has two goals, each related to the validity of language assessment. The first goal is to explore the difference between fairness and justice in language assessment. The authors distinguish internal and external dimensions of the equitable and just treatment of individuals taking language tests which are used as gatekeeping devices to determine access to education and employment, immigrant status, citizenship, and other rights. The second goal is to show how the extent of test fairness can be demonstrated and improved using the tools of psychometrics, in particular the models collectively known as Rasch measurement.
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The scope of the series includes:
- second language acquisition
- bilingualism and multi/plurilingualism
- language pedagogy and teacher education
- testing and assessment
- language planning and policy
- language internationalization
- technology-mediated communication
- discourse-, conversation-, and contrastive-analysis
- pragmatics
- stylistics
- lexicography
- translation
Reviews
- McNamara et al.'s Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment constitutes a solid introduction to Rasch analysis...Being written in a straightforward and instructive manner, the book is accessible for students and scholars who wish to gain an elementary understanding of how Rasch models can be used to address issues of fairness. What makes this book particularly useful are the excellent supplementary materials through which the reader obtains a guided
hands-on experience with
the different Rasch models...Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment is generally well organised and particularly well written.
- Dr. Carmen Ebner, Cambridge Assessment, Linguist List |a 13/11/2020
Part of... Oxford Applied Linguistics
Home to the most innovative studies in its field, the Oxford Applied Linguistics series furthers research in English teaching and learning, and provides strong foundations for language pedagogy.
