SHIKEN: JALT Testing & Evaluation SIG Newsletter

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Since 1997 the Japan Association for Language Teaching's Testing & Evaluation SIG has been producing a newsletter known as SHIKEN (ISSN 1881-5537). This is a peer-reviewed journal whose back issues are available at this site online.

Use the forms below to do a KEYWORD, TOPIC, TITLE, AUTHOR, and CHRONOLOGICAL search of previous issues.

1. KEYWORD SEARCH ENGINE

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2. TOPIC SEARCH ENGINE

Choose a TOPIC, then click release your mouse: _______________________________________________ * Academic research * ACTFL proficiency interviews * Active vs. passive language skill correlations * Applying the Rasch Model . . . (book review) * Assessing listening (book review) * Assessment Literacy Quiz #1 * Assessment Literacy Quiz #2 * Australian Univ. EFL entry requirements * Bachman, Lyle (Interview) * Bond, Trevor (Interview) * Brown, J.D. (Interview) * Cambridge Young Learners of English (CYLE) tests * Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education (book review) * Classroom rating scales * Cloze placement test development * Cloze test reliability * Coefficient of determination * Comprehensive assessment * Complexity judgments * Construct validity * Construct validity * Cronbach alpha reliability estimates * C-tests, cloze tests, proficiency levels * Distracter efficiency analysis * Douglas, Dan (Interview) * Eigenvalues and factor analysis * Entrance exams & copyright law * Ethical testing guidelines * Extraneous variables and the washback effect * Face validity (opinion piece for) * Face validity (opinion piece against) * Generalizing research results * General testing texts (a review of 3 works) * Hajipournezhad, Gholamreza (Interview) * Hamp-Lyons, Liz (Interview) * Hirai, Michihiro (Interview) * Humor: The Templin 1/2k * IELTS Speaking Test * Individual assessment * Internal consistency & Reliability * Issues in Testing Business English (book review) * Japan Language Testing Association 2006 Conference * Language for Specific Purposes (book review) * Language Testing (book review) * Language testing resources * Language testing theory & SLA research * Likert-scale questionnaires * Measuring and Evaluating School Learning (book review) * Measuring 2nd Language Performance (book review) * Needs analysis * Needs analysis construct validation * Ongoing assessment - Fundamentals * Ongoing assessment - Implementation Issues * O'Sullivan, Barry (Interview) * Point-biserial correlation coefficients * Qualitative research * Reasoning with statistics: How to read quantitative research (book review) * Saitoh, Kazuhiko (Interview) * Sample size & statistical power * Skewness & Kurtosis * Spearman-Brown prophecy & reliability * SPSS & basic statistics * Standard errors * Standardized testing * Standardized testing * Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment (Book Review) * Statistics (Book Review) * STEP/Eiken Test (Interview) * Student assessment & teacher competence * Teacher evaluations by students * Teacher training & testing principles * Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning, The (Book Review) * Test taker motivations * Thrasher, Randy (Interview) * TOEFL revisions * TOEIC LPI test * TOEIC Research * Two-Stage testing * University entrance exams & washback * University entrance exams: 3 proposals for change * Vocabulary size estimates * Washback in Language Testing (Book Review) * Watanabe, Yoshinori (Interview) * Yates Correction Factor * Yoffe, Leo (Interview)

3. TITLE SEARCH ENGINE

Choose a TITLE, then release your mouse: ____________________________________________________ * A Cloze Look at Placement Testing * An Overview of ACTFL Proficiency Interviews . . . * An Overview of Australian Univ. Entry Req. . . * A Review of Two Books about Standardized Testing * Assessing the individual: Theatre of the absurd * Assessment Literacy Self-Study Quiz #1 * Assessment Literacy Quiz #2 * Book Review: 3 introductory testing texts * Book Review: Applying the Rasch Model . . . * Book Review: Assessing Language for Specific Purposes * Book Review: Assessing Listening * Book Review: Cartoon Guide to Statistics, The * Book Review: Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education * Book Review: Criterion-referenced language testing * Book Review: Issues in Testing Business English * Book Review: Language Testing * Book Review: Measuring and Evaluating School Learning * Book Review: Measuring 2nd Language Performance * Book Review: Psychological Statistics Using SPSS for Window * Book Review: Reasoning with statistics: How to read quantitative research * Book Review: Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment * Book Review: Statistics for the Utterly Confused * Book Review: Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning, The * Book Review: Washback in Language Testing * Challenge of speaking: research on the testing of speaking for the new TOEFL, The * Conference Report: Tenth Annual Japan Language Testing Association Conference * Construct validation of a general English language needs analysis instrument * Correlations between Active Skill and Passive Skill Test Scores * Developing Classroom Specific Rating Scales * Do Different C-tests Discriminate Proficiency Levels . . . * Estimating Vocabulary Size * Evaluating the construct validity of an EFL test for PhD candidates . . . * Excerpts from an Open Letter to the Japanese Gov't . . . * Fundamentals of Ongoing Assessment * Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the ... Use of Students * Historical and social foundations of standardized testing . . . , The * Interview: Barry O'Sullivan * Interview: Dan Douglas * Interview: Gholamreza Hajipournezhad * Interview: J.D. Brown * Interview: Leo Yoffe * Interview: Liz Hamp-Lyons * Interview: Lyle Bachman * Interview: Michihiro Hirai * Interview: Randy Thrasher * Interview: Todd Fouts * Interview: Trevor G. Bond * Introduction to the TOEIC LPI Test, An * On Becoming a Testing Teacher: Preliminary Notes * Opinion Piece: Can we validly translate questionnaire items . . . * Opinion Piece: Challenging the Notion of Face Validity * Opinion Piece: Entrance exams breaking copyright law? Academically unethical? * Opinion Piece: Excerpts from an open letter . . . * Opinion Piece: Face Validity - Is There a Place for This in Measurement? * Opinion Piece: TOEIC - Tried but undertested * Practicalities of Ongoing Assessment * Reading Complexity Judgments * Research Parody: The Templin 1/2k * Revision of the IELTS Speaking Test, The * Some Challenges in Academic Research * Some preliminary thoughts on statistics and background information on SPSS * Statistics Corner #1: [RE Skewness & Kurtosis] * Statistics Corner #2: [RE Internal Consistency, etc.] * Statistics Corner #3: [RE Cloze test reliability] * Statistics Corner #4: [RE Standard Errors] * Statistics Corner #5: [RE Item Analysis & Weighted Scores] * Statistics Corner #6: [RE Likert-scale Questionnaires] * Statistics Corner #7: [RE Construct Validity] * Statistics Corner #8: [RE Spearman-Brown prophecy] * Statistics Corner #9: [RE Eigenvalues] * Statistics Corner #10: [RE Two-Stage Testing] * Statistics Corner #11: [RE Point-Biserial Correlation Coefficients] * Statistics Corner #12: [RE Cronbach alpha reliability estimate] * Statistics Corner #13: [RE Extraneous variables and the washback effect] * Statistics Corner #14: [RE Distracter efficiency analysis] * Statistics Corner #15: [RE The coefficient of determination] * Statistics Corner #16: [RE Norm-referenced item analysis] * Statistics Corner #17: [RE Criterion -referenced item analysis] * Statistics Corner #18: [RE Yates correction factor] * Statistics Corner #19: [RE Test-taker motivations] * Statistics Corner #20: [RE Generalizability and decision studies] * Statistics Corner #21: [RE Qualitative research] * Statistics Corner #22: [RE Language testing resources] * Statistics Corner #23: [RE Generalizing research results] * Statistics Corner #23: [RE Sample size and power] * Student and teacher perceptions of learning needs . . . * Student Evaluation of Teachers . . . * Testing Young Learners with CYLE: The New Kids on the Block * Theoretical frameworks of testing in SLA: Processing perspectives and strategies . . . * Towards a More Global ESOL Assessment Scheme * University Entrance Exams: Strategies for . . . positive washback. . .

4. AUTHOR SEARCH ENGINE

Choose an AUTHOR, then release your mouse: ________________________________________________ * Akiyama, Tomoyasu [Article] * Bachman, Lyle [Interview] * Bachman, Lyle [rev. by Newfields] * Beglar, David [Article] * Boddy, Nick [Article] * Bond, Trevor [Interview] * Bond & Fox [rev. by Schaefer] * Brown, J.D. [Interview] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 1997] * Brown, J.D. [Sep. 1997] * Brown, J.D. [Oct. 1998] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 1999] * Brown, J.D. [Jan. 2000] * Brown, J.D. [Jan. 2000] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 2000] * Brown, J.D. [Oct. 2000] * Brown, J.D. [Dec. 2000] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 2001] * Brown, J.D. [Jun. 2001] * Brown, J.D. [Oct. 2001] * Brown, J.D. [Feb. 2002] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 2002] * Brown, J.D. [Sep. 2002] * Brown, J.D. [Mar. 2003] * Brown, J.D. [Jun. 2003] * Brown, J.D. [Dec. 2003] * Brown, J.D. [Mar. 2004] * Brown, J.D. [Nov. 2004] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 2005] * Brown, J.D. [Oct. 2005] * Brown, J.D. [Apr. 2006] * Brown, J.D. [Dec. 2006] * Brown, J.D. [Mar. 2007] * Brown & Hudson [rev. by Newfields] * Buck, Gary [rev. by Moloney] * Carberry, Susan [article] * Carey, Lou [rev. by Ishida] * Chapman, Mark [Opinion Piece] * Cheng, Watanabe, & Curtis [rev. by Newfields] * Cohen, Andrew [Interview] * Croker, Robert [Article] * Douglas, Dan [Interview] * Douglas, Dan [rev. by Newfields] * Edwards, N. T. [Article] * Fouts, Todd [interview] * Gardner, Robert C. [Interview] * Gardner, Robert C. [rev. by Stribling] * Genesee & Upshur [rev. by Crocker] * Gonick/Smith [rev. by Stribling] * Gorsuch, Greta [Article, Part 1] * Gorsuch, Greta [Article, Part 2] * Genesee/Upshur [rev. by Croker] * Gruba, Paul [Article] * Haji Pour Nezhad, Gholam Reza * Haji Pour Nezhad, Gholam Reza [Interview] * Hamp-Lyons, Liz [Interview] * Hillocks, George [rev. by Newfields] * Hirai, Michihiro [Article] * Hirai, Michihiro [Interview] * Hubbell, Jeff [report] * Ikeguchi, Cecilia [Article] * Ikeguchi, Cecilia [Article] * Ishida, Yvonne [Review of 3 books] * Jacquith, Paul [Article] * Jia, Yujie [Article] * Kikuchi, Keita [Article] * Kumazawa, Takaaki [Article] * MacGregor, Laura [Sep. 2000] * MacGregor, Laura [Apr. 2001] * McNamara, Tim [Article] * McNamara, Tim [rev. by Ishida] * McNamara, Tim [rev. by Hubbell] * Molloy & Newfields [article] * Murphey, Tim [Mar. 2000] * Murphey, Tim [Mar. 2003] * Murphey, Tim [Oct. 2005] * Newfields, Tim [Opinion Piece] * Newfields, Tim [Review of 2 books] * Ohtomo, Kenji [Interview] * O'Sullivan, Barry [Interview] * O'Sullivan, Barry [rev. by Dunkley] * Poel, C. & Weatherly, S. [Article] * Roberts, Dennis [Opinion Piece] * Saitoh, Kazuhiko [Interview] * Simmons, Thom [Article] * Templin, Stephen A. [Article] * Templin, Stephen A. [Parody] * Thrasher, Randy [Interview] * Venema, James [Article] * Watanabe, Yoshinori [Interview] * Weir, C. J. [rev. by Hubbell] * Williams, F. & P. Monge [rev. by Stribling] * Yoffe, Leo [Article] * Yoffe, Leo [Interview] * Yoshida, Kayo [Article] * Zhang, Wenxia [Article]

5. CHRONOLOGICAL SEARCH ENGINE

Choose a DATE, VOLUME, or ISSUE, then release your mouse: ________________________________________________ Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Bond interview Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Brown Q & A Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Jia & Zhang article Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Newfields assessment quiz Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Newfields book reviews Vol. 11, Issue 1. (Mar. 2007) * Schaefer book review Vol. 10, Issue 2. (Dec. 2006) * Brown Q & A Vol. 10, Issue 2. (Dec. 2006) * Hubbell report Vol. 10, Issue 2. (Dec. 2006) * Kumazawa article Vol. 10, Issue 2. (Dec. 2006) * Newfields assessment quiz Vol. 10, Issue 2. (Dec. 2006) * Newfields book review Vol. 10, Issue 1. (Apr. 2006) * Brown Q & A Vol. 10, Issue 1. (Apr. 2006) * Dunkley book review Vol. 10, Issue 1. (Apr. 2006) * Edwards article Vol. 10, Issue 1. (Apr. 2006) * O'Sullivan interview Vol. 10, Issue 1. (Apr. 2006) * Yoshida opinion piece Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Brown Q & A Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Fouts interview Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Kikuchi article Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Molloy / Newfields article Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Murphey opinion piece Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Oct. 2005) * Newfields book review Vol. 9, Issue 1. (Apr. 2005) * Brown Q & A Vol. 9, Issue 1. (Apr. 2005) * Hubbell book review Vol. 9, Issue 1. (Apr. 2005) * Molloy / Newfields article Vol. 9, Issue 1. (Apr. 2005) * Newfields book review Vol. 9, Issue 1. (Apr. 2005) * Watanabe interview Vol. 8, Issue 2. (Oct. 2004) * Brown Q & A Vol. 8, Issue 2. (Oct. 2004) * Molloy / Newfields article Vol. 8, Issue 2. (Oct. 2004) * Moloney book review Vol. 8, Issue 2. (Oct. 2004) * Saitou interview Vol. 8, Issue 1. (Mar. 2004) * Brown Q & A Vol. 8, Issue 1. (Mar. 2004) * Cohen interview Vol. 8, Issue 1. (Mar. 2004) * Gardner interview Vol. 8, Issue 1. (Mar. 2004) * Stribling book review Vol. 7, Issue 3. (Nov. 2003) * Brown Q & A Vol. 7, Issue 3. (Nov. 2003) * Chapman opinion piece Vol. 7, Issue 3. (Nov. 2003) * Newfields book review Vol. 7, Issue 3. (Nov. 2003) * Ohtomo interview Vol. 7, Issue 2. (Jun. 2003) * Akiyama article Vol. 7, Issue 2. (Jun. 2003) * Bachman interview Vol. 7, Issue 2. (Jun. 2003) * Brown Q & A Vol. 7, Issue 2. (Jun. 2003) * Stribling book review Vol. 7, Issue 1. (Mar. 2003) * Brown Q & A Vol. 7, Issue 1. (Mar. 2003) * Brown interview Vol. 7, Issue 1. (Mar. 2003) * Murphey article Vol. 7, Issue 1. (Mar. 2003) * Review of 3 texts Vol. 6, Issue 3. (Sep. 2002) * Brown Q & A Vol. 6, Issue 3. (Sep. 2002) * Hirai article Vol. 6, Issue 3. (Sep. 2002) * Hirai interview Vol. 6, Issue 3. (Sep. 2002) * Newfields opinion piece Vol. 6, Issue 3. (Sep. 2002) * Stribling book review Vol. 6, Issue 2. (Apr. 2002) * Brown Q & A Vol. 6, Issue 2. (Apr. 2002) * Haji Pour Nezhad article Vol. 6, Issue 2. (Apr. 2002) * Hamp-Lyons interview Vol. 6, Issue 2. (Apr. 2002) * Stribling book review Vol. 6, Issue 1. (Feb. 2002) * Brown Q & A Vol. 6, Issue 1. (Feb. 2002) * Haji Pour Nezhad interview Vol. 6, Issue 1. (Feb. 2002) * Carey book review Vol. 6, Issue 1. (Feb. 2002) * Venema article Vol. 5, Issue 3. (Oct. 2001) * Brown Q & A Vol. 5, Issue 3. (Oct. 2001) * Dan Douglas interview Vol. 5, Issue 3. (Oct. 2001) * Haji Pour Nezhad article Vol. 5, Issue 3. (Oct. 2001) * Douglas book review Vol. 5, Issue 2. (Jun. 2001) * Boddy Article Vol. 5, Issue 2. (Jun. 2001) * Brown Q & A Vol. 5, Issue 2. (Jun. 2001) * McNamara book review Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * Brown Q & A Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * MacGregor article Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * McNamara article Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * Templin article Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * Templin parody Vol. 5, Issue 1. (Apr. 2001) * Thrasher interview Vol. 4, Issue 3. (Dec. 2000) * Brown Q & A Vol. 4, Issue 3. (Dec. 2000) * Ikeguchi article Vol. 4, Issue 3. (Dec. 2000) * Yoffe interview Vol. 4, Issue 2. (Oct. 2000) * Brown Q & A Vol. 4, Issue 2. (Oct. 2000) * MacGregor article Vol. 4, Issue 2. (Oct. 2000) * Roberts opinion piece Vol. 4, Issue 1. (Apr. 2000) * Beglar article Vol. 4, Issue 1. (Apr. 2000) * Brown Q & A Vol. 4, Issue 1. (Apr. 2000) * Genesee / Upshur book review Vol. 4, Issue 1. (Apr. 2000) * Gorsuch article - Part 2 Vol. 4, Issue 1. (Apr. 2000) * Murphey Letter Vol. 3, Issue 2. (Jan. 2000) * Brown article Vol. 3, Issue 2. (Jan. 2000) * Brown Q & A Vol. 3, Issue 2. (Jan. 2000) * Gorsuch article - Part 1 Vol. 3, Issue 1. (Apr. 1999) * Brown article Vol. 3, Issue 1. (Apr. 1999) * Carberry article Vol. 3, Issue 1. (Apr. 1999) * Croker article Vol. 3, Issue 1. (Apr.1999) * Hubbell book review Vol. 2, Issue 1. (Oct. 1998) * Brown article Vol. 2, Issue 1. (Oct. 1998) * Ikeguchi article Vol. 2, Issue 1. (Oct. 1998) * Jacquith article Vol. 1, Issue 2. (Oct. 1997) * Brown article Vol. 1, Issue 2. (Oct. 1997) * Gruba-Hill article Vol. 1, Issue 2. (Oct. 1997) * Yoffe article Vol. 1, Issue 1. (Apr. 1997) * Brown article Vol. 1, Issue 1. (Apr. 1997) * Poel / Weatherly article Vol. 1, Issue 1. (Apr. 1997) * Simmons article

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