Re-examining Language Testing: A Philosophical and Social Inquiry
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leicester
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 1200
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9781315695518
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138774704
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph (pp. 234; 120,000 words) is an analysis of the philosophical assumptions underpinning modern educational assessment in the context of its function in meritocratic societies. It interweaves the views of classical philosophical thinkers and writers to provide a new perspective on fundamental concepts such as inference, values, constructs and measurement, and opens up previously unquestioned assumptions. The book presents a new validity theory by which to evaluate complex testing systems. Each of the seven chapters contains work equivalent to a journal article.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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