Research and Theory

Resources

On-line Resources

Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER): Evaluation and Impact of Dynamic Assessment investigates how teachers implement dynamic assessment procedures in classroom settings and shows these procedures at work in classrooms. The project adds rich case studies to its existing teacher preparation materials and contributes to ongoing professional development on formative language assessment.

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) offers a searchable database of tests. CAL's database for foreign language assessment houses information about tests in over 70 languages. The Language Materials Project, developed by CAL/NCLRC and now housed at UCLA, contains information on materials (including textbooks, grammars, readers, and dictionaries) in more than 300 languages.

Resources in Language Testing website – constructed by Dr. Glenn Fulcher, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Dunde. The site is a comprehensive site for issues related to all aspects of foreign language testing. This page provides "one-stop shopping" for those searching for information on language testing topics ranging from types of tests available to conferences and organizations dealing with testing to numerous research studies online detailing their findings. The site aims to be of assistance to the user who not only needs to know what and where but also how, how well, and why. For example, numerous online resources are given and they are also reviewed for content and usefulness, something that is all too often missing from online resource collections.