Overview
- Explores language benchmarks in the context of high-stakes assessment
- Describes the Hong Kong benchmark test case study and its various methodological approaches
- Describes a 20-year longitudinal study of high-stakes assessment
- Investigates test types and assessment instruments for determining prototype benchmark levels
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Background to High-Stakes Assessment
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The LPATE Enhancement Courses in Hong Kong: The Case of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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The LPATE: A High-Stakes Assessment in Operation (2001–2007)
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How Far Have Teacher Language Standards Improved Since the Inception of the LPATE in 2001?
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About this book
This book provides a detailed account of the origin, development, administration, revision and subsequent research findings on the benchmarking initiative from 1996-2016. It presents an overall assessment of the initiative’s impact on major stakeholders, predictions regarding the way forward, and implications for other countries, especially in South East Asia. In addition, the book discusses what the larger global community can learn from Hong Kong’s two-decade experience of conceptualizing and implementing minimum standard language requirements for teachers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department at the University of Hong Kong, he currently holds an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are in language assessment, first and second language writing methodology, and text linguistics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: High-Stakes Testing
Book Subtitle: The Impact of the LPATE on English Language Teachers in Hong Kong
Editors: David Coniam, Peter Falvey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6358-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6357-2Published: 08 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3882-3Published: 16 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6358-9Published: 24 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 422
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Language Education, Teaching and Teacher Education