Linking language assessments: an example in a low stakes context  

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North, Brian

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 4 (Dec. 2000), page 555-577.
Topik: Language assessments; Equating; Language pro®ciency; Common European framework; Scales; Scaling
Fulltext: North_Brian.pdf (280.9KB)

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Abstract Linking language assessments is becoming a matter of greater concern with the advent of educational frameworks used to orient curricula and pro®le attainment. Generally speaking these projects do not command the resources or know-how for fully ¯edged comparability projects, but the extent to which they often appear to rely solely upon expert judgement is surprising. The measurement literature recognises ®ve classic ways of linking separate assess- ments with a decreasing degree of rigour: (1) equating; (2) calibrating; (3) statistical modera- tion; (4) predicting (or benchmarking); and (5) social moderation (or standards-oriented assessment). This article outlines practical ways in which the principles of these techniques have been employed on a modest scale to solve linking problems in a low stakes context: Eurocentres. It then goes on to argue that social moderation is potentially the strongest form of linking because it implies the development and validation of a common view of a construct. Finally, the article introduces the Common European Framework recently published by the Council of Europe, which consists of a descriptive scheme and validated pro®ciency scales, but suggests that putting a common framework into practice will be accomplished more easily if the ideas behind the classic linking methodologies are employed in the process.

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