Examining Reading Research and Practice in Assessing Second Language Reading
Examining Reading Research and Practice in Assessing Second Language Reading by Hanan Khalifa, published by Cambridge University Press on August 27, 2009, offers a detailed exploration of test validation in the context of second language reading assessments. This 358-page book emphasizes the importance of providing clear explanations of the ability constructs that underpin publicly available tests, aiming to support the validity of test score interpretation and use through logical and empirical evidence.
Readers will find a comprehensive test validation framework presented from a socio-cognitive perspective, which includes six core components relevant to actual testing events. The book examines Cambridge ESOL writing tasks through various lenses, such as Test Taker, Cognitive Validity, and Context Validity, among others. By analyzing these components in relation to specific writing tests, the author illustrates how test developers can enhance the operational effectiveness of their assessments, particularly regarding criterial distinctions across different test levels.
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This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the public domain. An explanation is increasingly required or if the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically and with empirical evidence. The book demonstates the application of a comprehensive test validation framework which adopts a socio-cognitive perspective. The framework embraces six core components which reflect the practical nature and quality of an actual testing event. It examines Cambridge ESOL writing tasks from the following perspectives: Test Taker, Cognitive Validity, Context Validity, Scoring Validity, Criterion-related Validity and Consequential Validity. The authors show how an understanding and analysis of the framework and its components in relation to specific writing tests can assist test developers to operationalise their tests more effectively, especially in relation to criterial distinctions across test levels.
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