The Power of Tests : A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests

ISBN-13: 9780582423350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 182 str.

Elana Shohamy

Opis

The Power of Tests applies a critical perspective of language tests by examining their uses and consequences in education and society and by viewing tests not as isolated events but rather as embedded in social, educational and political contexts.

Spis treści

Part 1: The power of tests

Part 2: Uses of tests: studies and cases

Part 3: Uses of tests: conclusions and interpretations

Part 4: Democratic perspectives of testing

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

 

 

 

 

O autorze

Elana Shohamy is a Professor and Chair of the Language Education program at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her main areas of research are language testing and assessment, language policy and issues of immigrants and multilingualism.