Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language™

Carol A. Chapelle, Iowa State University, Ames, IowaMary K. Enright, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New JerseyJoan M. Jamieson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsChapter 1. Test Score Interpretation and Use Carol A. Chapelle, Mary K. Enright, and Joan M. JamiesonChapter 2. The Evolution of the TOEFL Carol A. Taylor and Paul AngelisChapter 3. Frameworks for a New TOEFLJoan M. Jamieson, Daniel Eignor, William Grabe, and Antony John KunnanChapter 4 .Prototyping New Assessment Tasks Mary K. Enright, Brent Bridgeman, Daniel Eignor, Robert N. Kantor, Pamela Mollaun, Susan Nissan, Donald E. Powers, and Mary SchedlChapter 5 Prototyping Measures of Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing Mary K. Enright, Brent Bridgeman, Daniel Eignor, Yong-Won Lee, and Donald E. PowersChapter 6. Prototyping a New Test Kristen Huff, Donald E. Powers, Robert N. Kantor, Pamela Mollaun, Susan Nissan, and Mary SchedlChapter 7. Finalizing the Test Blueprint Mari PearlmanChapter 8. A Final Analysis Lin Wang, Daniel Eignor, and Mary K. EnrightChapter 9. The TOEFL Validity Argument Carol A. ChapelleAppendix A. 1995 Working Assumptions That Underlie an Initial TOEFL 2000 Design FrameworkAppendix B. Summary of 1995 Research RecommendationsAppendix C. Timeline of TOEFL Origins and the New TOEFL Project—Key Efforts and Decisions

"… makes a significant contribution to the field of language assessment by bringing together in one volume all of the excellent work that has gone into the revision of one of the world’s most influential tests. A welcome addition to the library of anyone interested in assessment issues, both in the U.S. and internationally."--Sarah Cushing Weigle, Georgia State University, U.S."… a unique and important contribution to the fields of educational measurement, applied linguistics, and language testing, Most of what one finds in the professional literature in terms of validation work involves research and analyses of data gathered from the use of an instrument that is already ‘live.’ What makes this volume so interesting and unique is that it offers measurement experts and language testers insights into how construct theory – in this case foreign/second language proficiency – and validity arguments come together to drive the test development process."--Micheline Chaloub-Deville, University of Iowa, U.S.