Authenticity, validity and a tea party

Douglas K. Stevenson

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Educational Assessment and Pedagogy

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The belief appears to be held in some quarters that certain test types possess inherent validity. This belief, which ignores basic principles of language testing, may have unfortunate consequences.

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1983On the Use of Composition Scoring Techniques, Objective Measures, and Objective Tests to Evaluate ESL Writing Ability 1985Teaching Proficiency, the Organizing Principle

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