by Fiona Orel Whether you’ve been thrust into an assessment role or leaped into it feet first, we think you’ll find some gems in this fascinating interview with John Slaght.
John has kindly agreed to kick off our series of interviews with experts in assessment that we’ll be featuring regularly on Fridays, along with blog posts written by colleagues in assessments. If you have an idea for a blog post please do get in touch with us. In this interview John shares insights into his career, and explains his role in the creation and development of the BALEAP Guidelines on English Language Tests for University Entry , and the BALEAP Can Do Framework. He encourages us to question our testing methods and measures thoroughly, making particular reference to the consequential validity aspect of Cyril Weir’s socio-cognitive framework (2005) Language testing and validation: An evidence-based approach. For those of us keen to hear more about the Testing Roadshows John talks about the content of the roadshows and when he might be likely to be hitting the road again … |