Table Of Content

Volume 21 2004 Language Testing Article index A teacher-verification study of speaking and writing prototype tasks for a new TOEFL Alister Cumming, Leslie Grant, Patricia Mulcahy-Ernt and Donald E. Powers Can placement tests inform instructional decisions? Anthony B. Green and Cyril J. Weir DIF for examinees with different academic backgrounds Tae-Il Pae ESL/EFL instructors’ classroom assessment practices: purposes, methods, and procedures Living Cheng, Todd Rogers and Huigin Hu Evaluation of an in-depth vocabulary knowledge measure for assessing reading performance David D. Qian and Mary Schedl Examining passage-related Local Item Dependence (LID) and measurement construct using Q3 statistics in an EFL reading comprehension test Yong-Won Lee Learning from international frameworks for assessment: EAL descriptors in Australia and the USA Catriona Scott and Sibel Erduran Size and strength: do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge? Batia Laufer, Cathie Elder, Kathryn Hill and Peter Congdon Teacher assessment: the concept of ‘diagnostic competence’ Peter Edelenbos and Angelika Kubanek-German Teacher formative assessment and talk in classroom contexts: assessment as discourse and assessment of discourse Constant Leung and Bernard Mohan Language Testing 2004 21 (4) 503-506 504 Tensions between validity and outcomes: teacher assessment of written work of recently arrived immigrant ESL students Sophie Arkoudis and Kieran O'Loughlin Test decisions over time: tracking validity Janna Fox The contradictory culture of teacher-based assessment: ESL assessment practices in Australian and Hong Kong secondary schools Chris Davison The development of assessment for learning: learning from the case of science and mathematics Wynne Harlen and Jan Winter The performance of native speakers of English and ESL speakers on the computer-based TOEFL and GRE General Test Lawrence J. Stricker Validating a test of second language written lexical retrieval: a new measure of fluency in written language production Patrick Snellings, Amos van Gelderen and Kees de Glopper Using GENOVA and FACETS to set multiple standards on performance assessment: for certification in medical translation from Japanese into English Yoko Kozaki Author index Andrews, Jane Arkoudis, Sophie Chen, Liang Cheng, Liying Congdon, Peter Cumming, Alister Davison, Chris de Glopper, Kees Douglas, Dan Edelenbos, Peter Elder, Cathie Erduran , Sibel Fox, Janna Grant, Leslie Green, Anthony B. Harlen, Wynne Hill, Kathryn Hu, Huiqin Kobayashi, Miyoko Kozaki, Yoko Kubanek-German, Angelika Laufer, Batia Lee, Yong-Won Leung, Constant Malabonga, Valerie Mohan, Bernard Mulcahy-Ernt, Patricia O’Loughlin, Kieran Pae, Tae-II Powers, Donald E. Qian, David D. Rea-Dickins, Pauline Rogers, Todd Schedl, Mary Scott, Catriona Shively, Rachel L. Snellings, Patrick Stricker, Lawrence J. Turner, Jean L. van Gelderen, Amos Weir, Cyril J. Winter, Jan Book reviews Brown, J.D. and Hudson, T. 2002: Criterion-referenced language testing (reviewer: Jean L. Turner) Davies, A. 2003: The native speaker: myth and reality (reviewer: Valerie Malabonga) Hughes, A. 2003: Testing for language teachers (reviewer: Rachel L. Shively) Torrance, H. and Pryor, J. 1998: Investigating formative assessment: teaching, learning and assessment in the classroom (reviewer: Jane Andrews) Dialogue Investigation of test method effects: text organization and response format: a response to Chen, 2004 Miyoko Kobayashi