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papers in language testing and assessment 2016

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, 2016

SPECIAL ISSUE: EVALUATING LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS IN USE
Introduction by Special Issue Guest Editor Catherine Elder
Front matter

Articles
  • Introduction to Special issue
    Guest Editor Catherine Elder, University of Melbourne
  • Evaluating the achievements and challenges in reforming a national language exam: The reform team’s perspective
    Carol Spöttl, Benjamin Kremmel, Franz Holzknecht and J. Charles Alderson. University of Innsbruck / Lancaster University.
  • ​Defining assessment standards for a new national tertiary-level qualification
    John Read. The University of Auckland.
  • Using evaluation to promote change in language teacher practice
    Rosemary Erlam. The University of Auckland.
  • Maintaining the connection between test and context: A language test for university admission
    John Pill, American University of Beirut.
  • An evaluation of an online rater training program for the speaking and writing sub-tests of the Aptis test
    Ute Knoch, Judith Fairbairn and Annemiek Huisman. University of Melbourne / British Council. 
  • Negotiating the boundary between achievement and proficiency: An evaluation of the exit standard of an academic English pathway program
    Susy Macqueen, Sally O’Hagan and Brad Hughes. Australian National University / University of Melbourne / University of Technology Sydney.

Book review​
  • Talking about language assessment: The LAQ interviews. Kunnan, A. J. (Ed.)
    Reviewed by Paul Gruba​, University of Melbourne

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​​VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2, 2016

​Front Matter

Articles
  • Using dictation to measure language proficiency: A Rasch analysis 
    Paul Leeming and Aeric Wong. Kindai University / Konan University
  • Testing Measurement Invariance of an EAP Listening Placement Test across Undergraduate and               Graduate Students 
    Soo Jung Youn and Seongah Im. Northern Arizona University / University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Interaction in a paired oral assessment: Revisiting the effect of proficiency
    Young-A Son, Georgetown University
  • The Construct and Predictive Validity of a Self-Assessment Scale
    Jason Jinsong Fan, Fudan University / University of Melbourne
 
Book reviews
  • Language for Specific Purposes. S. Gollin-Kies, D. R. Hall & S. H. Moore
    Reviewed by Adam Fletcher Koschade, Flinders University
  • Post-admission language assessment of university students. J. Read (Ed.)
    Reviewed by Michelle Czajkowski, University of Melbourne