This book expands well-known frameworks for evaluating standard setting workshops through a multi-phase study of the Item Descriptor Matching method in face-to-face and virutal contexts.  Meer

The main outcomes of the present research are the Text Classification Profile that includes the qualitative and quantitative description of linguistic characteristics pertinent in Intermediate and Advanced English reading texts and the L.  Meer

The study investigated whether cut scores could be set in two synchronous e-communication media.The findings revealed that virtual cut scores set in both media were valid, reliable, and comparable to ones set in face-to-face environment and provides a framework for conducting and evaluating virtual cut score studies.  Meer

With the growing recognition of the need to broaden the definition of Interactional Competence (IC) for communication and learning, this monograph offers the first book-length treatment on the conceptualization, development and validation of IC assessment instruments.  Meer

How did the (old) Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers of Chinese? 30 years of research have been synthesized into an argument-based approach for validity for the HSK, finally yielding into an argument about the validity of the most widespread language proficiency test for Chinese as a foreign language.  Meer