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Defining, Conceptualizing, Problematizing, and Assessing Language Teacher Assessment Literacy
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Defining, Conceptualizing, Problematizing, and Assessing Language Teacher Assessment Literacy ...
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Abstract:
Assessment literacy (AL) empowers teachers (Grabowski & Dakin, 2014) by helping them make better decisions about the development, administration, and use of assessments (Harding & Kremmel, 2016; Popham, 2009). This is crucial because when teachers make erroneous interpretations, which lead to incorrect decisions, students can suffer unintended, negative consequences (Purpura, 2016; Purpura, Brown, & Schoonen, 2015). As essential as AL is to providing quality teaching and learning opportunities, assessment education remains inadequate (Lam, 2015; Mendoza & Arandia, 2009; Vogt & Tsagari, 2014). According to Cheng (2001), teachers spend up to a third of their time in assessment related activities; however, most “do so with little or no professional training” (Bachman, 2000, p. 19-20). In light of the demand for the development of instructor AL, this paper first defines and conceptualizes language assessment literacy (LAL). Then it problematizes LAL through an investigation of empirical ...
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Applied linguistics; Education; Educational tests and measurements; Effective teaching; Teachers; Teachers--Certification; Teachers--Certification--Examinations
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URL: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8VM5W9P
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8vm5w9p
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