The assessment of language learners is having a growing impact in English language
teaching and applied linguistics. A formal evaluation of students writing abilities is important …

This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of
writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching …

In language testing we are concerned with the extent to which a test can be shown to
produce scores that are an accurate reflection of a candidate's ability in a particular area, eg …

• Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers'
techniques of analysis through practical application.• Section B, Extension, brings together …

'I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in
selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and salient feature of this …

Like so many other aspects of language analysis, assessing the writing abilities of non-
native English speakers (NNES) becomes an increasingly complex issue as one explores …

In Part 1 of this two-part review article (Alderson & Banerjee, 2001), we first addressed
issues of washback, ethics, politics and standards. After a discussion of trends in testing on a …

We assessed whether and how the discourse written for prototype integrated tasks
(involving writing in response to print or audio source texts) field tested for Next Generation …

This article documents 3 coordinated, exploratory studies that developed empirically a
framework to describe the decisions that experienced writing assessors make when …

The material used in this text originated from the following sources: a) the quantitative data
described in Chapter 4 derived from trials and administrations of the Special Test of English …