Bachman, Lyle F., Palmer, Adrian S. 　著

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PART ONE CONCEPTUAL BASES OF TEST DEVELOPMENT; 1. Objectives andexpectations; 2. Test usefulness: Qualities of language tests; 3.Describing tasks: Language use in language tests; 4. Describinglanguage ability: Language use in language tests; PART TWO LANGUAGETEST DEVELOPMENT; 5. Overview of test development; 6. Describing,identifying, and defining; 7. Developing a plan for the evaluation ofusefulness; 8. Identifying, allocating, and managing resources; 9.Operationalization: Developing test tasks and blueprints; 10. Preparingeffective instructions; 11. Scoring method; 12. Language testadministration; PART THREE ILLUSTRATIVE TEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;Project 1; High-stakes selection and placement test for studentsentering a university writing program; Project 2; Selection / placementtest for telephone company employees; Project 3; Syllabus-baseddiagnostic achievement test for students in an ESP program; Project 4;Exit test for students in an adult education conversation course forimmigrants; Project 5; High-stakes ESP screening test for making hiringand training decisions; Project 6; Placement test for an ESL readingcourse; Project 7; Employment / placement / achievement test forimmigrants in a government-funded vocational training ESL course;Project 8; Classroom achievement tests for an introductory Germancourse; Project 9; Classroom achievement test for the reading componentof the Korean-English two-way bilingual immersion program; Project 10;Syllabus-based EFL progress test for primary school children ;References; Index