1st Edition
Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language™
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Test Score Interpretation and Use
Carol A. Chapelle, Mary K. Enright, and Joan M. Jamieson
Chapter 2. The Evolution of the TOEFL
Carol A. Taylor and Paul Angelis
Chapter 3. Frameworks for a New TOEFL
Joan M. Jamieson, Daniel Eignor, William Grabe, and Antony John Kunnan
Chapter 4 .Prototyping New Assessment Tasks
Mary K. Enright, Brent Bridgeman, Daniel Eignor, Robert N. Kantor, Pamela Mollaun, Susan Nissan, Donald E. Powers, and Mary Schedl
Chapter 5 Prototyping Measures of Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing
Mary K. Enright, Brent Bridgeman, Daniel Eignor, Yong-Won Lee, and Donald E. Powers
Chapter 6. Prototyping a New Test
Kristen Huff, Donald E. Powers, Robert N. Kantor, Pamela Mollaun, Susan Nissan, and Mary Schedl
Chapter 7. Finalizing the Test Blueprint
Mari Pearlman
Chapter 8. A Final Analysis
Lin Wang, Daniel Eignor, and Mary K. Enright
Chapter 9. The TOEFL Validity Argument
Carol A. Chapelle
Appendix A. 1995 Working Assumptions That Underlie an Initial TOEFL 2000 Design Framework
Appendix B. Summary of 1995 Research Recommendations
Appendix C. Timeline of TOEFL Origins and the New TOEFL Project—Key Efforts and Decisions
Biography
Carol A. Chapelle, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Mary K. Enright, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
Joan M. Jamieson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
"… makes a significant contribution to the field of language assessment by bringing together in one volume all of the excellent work that has gone into the revision of one of the world’s most influential tests. A welcome addition to the library of anyone interested in assessment issues, both in the U.S. and internationally."
--Sarah Cushing Weigle, Georgia State University, U.S."… a unique and important contribution to the fields of educational measurement, applied linguistics, and language testing, Most of what one finds in the professional literature in terms of validation work involves research and analyses of data gathered from the use of an instrument that is already ‘live.’ What makes this volume so interesting and unique is that it offers measurement experts and language testers insights into how construct theory – in this case foreign/second language proficiency – and validity arguments come together to drive the test development process."
--Micheline Chaloub-Deville, University of Iowa, U.S.
