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Autor/in | Spolsky, Bernard |
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Titel | The Ethics of Gatekeeping Tests: What Have We Learned in a Hundred Years? |
Quelle | In: Language Testing, 14 (1997) 3, S.242-47Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0265-5322 |
Schlagwörter | Decision Making; Error Analysis (Language); Ethics; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Predictive Validity; Psychometrics; Second Language Learning; Social Control; Sociolinguistics; Test Results |
Abstract | Argues that tests have always been used as a means of political and social control. Maintains that test results are unreliable, especially at the extremes, that their predictive power is weak and that language testers need to be skeptical and need to insist on complete information on candidates' backgrounds for selection decision making. (10 references) (Author/CK) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |