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Become competent in the design, development, and use of language assessments. This is a theoretically-grounded and easily applied approach to language assessment and development.

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• Acknowledgments(p. vii)
• 1 Objectives and expectations, or why we need another book about language testing(p. 1)
• Part I Conceptual foundations(p. 17)
• 2 Issues and considerations(p. 19)
• 3 Describing language use and language ability(p. 33)
• 4 Describing characteristics of language use and language assessment tasks(p. 59)
• 5 Justifying the use of language assessments(p. 85)
• Part II Constructing an Assessment Use Argument(p. 137)
• 6 Overview of assessment development and use(p. 139)
• 7 Initial planning(p. 146)
• 8 Constructing an Assessment Use Argument for developing and justifying a language assessment(p. 156)
• 9 The intended consequences of using language assessments(p. 177)
• 10 The decisions to be made on the basis of language assessments(p. 193)
• 11 Interpretations(p. 209)
• 12 Assessment records(p. 242)
• Part III Developing and using language assessments in the real world(p. 247)
• 13 Real world conditions and constraints on language assessment(p. 249)
• 14 Developing a Design Statement(p. 269)
• 15 Developing assessment tasks(p. 306)
• 16 Recording and interpreting assessment performance(p. 321)
• 17 Blueprints(p. 368)
• 18 Preparing effective instructions(p. 383)
• 19 Collecting feedback and backing(p. 394)
• 20 Identifying, allocating, and managing resources(p. 411)
• 21 Using language assessments responsibly(p. 428)
• Projects
• Project 1 Kindergarten ELL speaking and writing assessment in support of instruction and learning(p. 440)
• Project 2 University ESL reading test for making placement/exemption decisions(p. 449)
• Project 3 University Elementary Modern Chinese speaking assessment(p. 477)
• Bibliography(p. 486)
• Index(p. 495)