Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by langua

Language tests play pivotal roles in education, research on learning, and gate-keeping decisions. The central concern for language testing professionals is how

Tests for the measurement of language abilities must be constructed according to a coherent validity framework based on the latest developments in theory and pr

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This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important in