Table Of Content

Volume 14 1997 Language Testing Article index An English language placement test: issues in reliability and validity Glenn Fulcher An investigation of planning time and proficiency level on oral test discourse Gillian Wigglesworth Covert language assessment in academic writing Bonny Norton and Sue Starfield C-Tests in the context of reduced redundancy testing: an appraisal Christine Klein-Braley Demands of being professional in language testing Alan Davies Examining the test-taking process: a cognitive perspective on the discourse cloze test Peter Storey In search of the ethical test Brian K. Lynch Introduction: the limits of ethics in language testing Alan Davies So, why do we need relationships with stakeholders in language testing? A view from the UK Pauline Rea-Dickins Testing methods, testing consequences: are they ethical? are they fair? Elana Shohamy Testing the language proficiency of bilingual teachers: Arizona’s Spanish proficiency test Leslie Grant The assessment of writing ability: expert readers versus lay readers Rob Schoonen, Margaretha Vergeer and Mindert Eiting The effect of interlocutor and assessment mode variables in overseas assessments of speaking skills in occupational settings T.F. McNamara and Tom Lumley The effect of question preview in listening comprehension tests Jane Sherman The ethics of gatekeeping tests: what have we learned in a hundred years? Bernard Spolsky Theoretical models, assessment frameworks and test construction Micheline Chalhoub-Deville The political dimension of English language testing in Australia Lesleyanne Hawthorne Washback, impact and validity: ethical concerns Liz Hamp-Lyons What does test bias have to do with fairness? Cathie Elder Author index Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline: Theoretical models, assessment frameworks and test construction Davies, Alan: Demands of being professional in language testing Davies, Alan: Introduction: the limits of ethics in language testing Elder, Cathie: What does test bias have to do with fairness? Fulcher, Glenn: An English language placement test: issues in reliability and validity Grant, Leslie: Testing the language proficiency of bilingual teachers: Arizona’s Spanish proficiency test Hamp-Lyons, Liz: Washback, impact and validity: ethical concerns Hawthorne, Lesleyanne: The political dimension of English language testing in Australia Klein-Braley, Christine: C-Tests in the context of reduced redundancy testing: an appraisal Lynch, Brian K: In search of the ethical test McNamara, T.F. and Lumley, Tom: The effect of interlocutor and assessment mode variables in overseas assessments of speaking skills in occupational settings Norton, Bonny and Starfield, Sue: Covert language assessment in academic writing Rea-Dickins, Pauline: So, why do we need relationships with stakeholders in language testing? A view from the UK Schoonen, Rob, Vergeer, Margaretha and Eiting, Mindert: The assessment of writing ability: expert readers versus lay readers Sherman, Jane: The effect of question preview in listening comprehension tests Shohamy, Elana: Testing methods, testing consequences: are they ethical? are they fair? Spolsky, Bernard: The ethics of gatekeeping tests: what have we learned in a hundred years? Storey, Peter: Examining the test-taking process: a cognitive perspective on the discourse cloze test Wigglesworth, Gillian: An investigation of planning time and proficiency level on oral test discourse Book reviews Scholfield, P. Quantifying language: a researcher's and teacher's guide to gathering language data and reducing it to figures (reviewer: Renée Jourdenais) Valdés, G. and Figueroa, R. A. Bilingualism and testing: a special case of bias (reviewer: Margaret E. Malone) Author’s response Hammerly, H.M. 1994: French immersion test (FIT). Lexcel Enterprises, P.O. Box 64522, Como Lake Postal Outlet, Coquitlam, British Columbia V3J 7V7, Canada (reviewed in Language Testing 13, 121-23)