John Charles Alderson
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- Assessing Reading (1999) (1273)
- Does Washback Exist (1993) (766)
- Reading in a Foreign Language (1984) (584)
- Language test construction and evaluation (1995) (450)
- TOEFL preparation courses: a study of washback (1996) (368)
- Diagnosing Foreign Language Proficiency: The Interface between Learning and Assessment (2005) (357)
- Examining washback: the Sri Lankan Impact Study (1993) (275)
- Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language proficiency (1997) (254)
- THE CLOZE PROCEDURE AND PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1979) (235)
- Evaluating second language education (1993) (195)
- The CEFR and the Need for More Research (2007) (175)
- Language testing and assessment (Part I) (2001) (173)
- The development of a suite of computer-based diagnostic tests based on the Common European Framework (2005) (150)
- The effect of students' academic discipline on their performance on ESP reading tests (1985) (146)
- Analysing Tests of Reading and Listening in Relation to the Common European Framework of Reference: The Experience of The Dutch CEFR Construct Project (2006) (115)
- Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading: This test is unfair: I'm not an economist (1988) (102)
- Cognition and reading: Cognitive levels as embodied in test questions (1989) (94)
- Technology in testing: the present and the future (2000) (93)
- Judging the Frequency of English Words (2007) (92)
- Diagnostic assessment of reading and listening in a second or foreign language: Elaborating on diagnostic principles (2015) (84)
- NATIVE AND NONNATIVE SPEAKER PERFORMANCE ON CLOZE TESTS1 (1980) (83)
- Towards a Theory of Diagnosis in Second and Foreign Language Assessment: Insights from Professional Practice Across Diverse Fields (2015) (80)
- Testing Reading Comprehension Skills (Part Two) Getting Students to Talk about Taking a Reading Test (A Pilot Study). (1990) (70)
- Evaluating a placement test (1994) (69)
- AIR SAFETY, LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT POLICY, AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: THE CASE OF AVIATION ENGLISH (2009) (68)
- Evaluating Second Language Education: GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION (1992) (62)
- Assessing Reading: Acknowledgements (2000) (61)
- Evaluating Second Language Education: Insiders, outsiders and participatory evaluation (1992) (60)
- The Diagnosis of Reading in a Second or Foreign Language (2014) (58)
- Impact and washback research in language testing. (2001) (56)
- Reviews of English Language Proficiency Tests (1987) (55)
- EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION: AN OVERVIEW (1992) (53)
- Issues in language testing (1981) (52)
- A survey of aviation English tests (2010) (50)
- The development of specifications for item development and classification within The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment: Reading and Listening: Final report of The Dutch CEF Construct Project . (2004) (48)
- Language Testing in the 1990s: How Far Have We Come? How Much Further Have We to Go?. (1991) (47)
- Society, Crime and Criminal Behaviour (4th edn). By Don C. Gibbons. (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982.) (1983) (46)
- Language Testing in the 1990s: the Communicative Legacy (1991) (43)
- Language testing and assessment (Part 2) (2002) (42)
- The challenge of diagnostic testing:do we know what we are measuring (2007) (42)
- Exploring the Role of Phraseological Knowledge in Foreign Language Reading (2015) (41)
- A study of the cloze procedure with native and non-native speakers of English (1978) (41)
- The effect on the doze test of changes in deletion frequency (1979) (38)
- Language testing and assessment (Part 1):state-of-the-art review (2001) (38)
- Re-examining the content validation of a grammar test: The (im)possibility of distinguishing vocabulary and structural knowledge (2013) (37)
- Test review: Test of English as a Foreign Language™: Internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT®) (2009) (37)
- TESTING READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (1990) (36)
- The metalinguistic knowledge of undergraduate students of English language or linguistics (2013) (36)
- Applied Linguistics and Language Testing:A Case Study of the ELTS Test (1992) (30)
- New procedures for validating proficiency tests of ESP? Theory and practice (1988) (27)
- Diagnosing foreign language proficiency : a teaching/testing interface (2003) (26)
- The Politics of Aviation English Testing (2011) (26)
- Policing freedom : a commentary on the dilemmas of policing in western democracies (1979) (25)
- The politics of language education : individuals and institutions (2009) (24)
- Human Rights and the Police (1985) (22)
- Moving the goalposts: project evaluation in practice (1992) (22)
- Issues in Language Testing. ELT Documents 111. (1981) (20)
- Characteristics of Weak and Strong Readers in a Foreign Language (2016) (19)
- “Cognitive Diagnosis and Q-Matrices in Language Assessment”: A Commentary (2010) (19)
- Conclusion : the way forward. (2000) (19)
- Assessing Student Performance in the ESL Classroom (1995) (17)
- Can research into the diagnostic testing of reading in a second or foreign language contribute to SLA research (2011) (17)
- English language education in Hungary, Part II: examining Hungarian learners’ achievements in English. (2000) (16)
- Responses and replies (1995) (16)
- DOES WASH BACK EXIST (1993) (16)
- Sequencing as an item type (2000) (15)
- Standards in testing: a study of the practice of UK examination boards in EFL/ESL testing (1993) (15)
- State of the art review : language testing and assessment (part two). (2002) (14)
- The Cambridge language assessment series (2000) (12)
- Bridging assessment and learning: a view from second and foreign language assessment (2017) (12)
- Testing proficiency and achievement : principles and practice (2002) (11)
- Testing in EAP: progress? Achievement? Proficiency? (2000) (10)
- Implementing and evaluating a self-assessment mechanism for the web-based Language and Style course (2006) (10)
- The language assistant scheme in Slovenia: a baseline study. (2001) (9)
- Testing is too important to be left to testers (2001) (8)
- The police we deserve (1973) (8)
- Foreword to the Special Issue “The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for English Language Assessment in China” of Language Testing in Asia (2017) (8)
- Test (TOEFL iBT®) : Internet-based TM Test review: Test of English as a Foreign Language (2009) (7)
- Evaluating the achievements and challenges in reforming a national language exam : The reform team ’ s perspective (2016) (7)
- The Role of the Police in Society (1973) (6)
- ESP Tests: The Problem of Student Background Discipline. (1984) (5)
- A lifetime of language testing (2011) (5)
- Assessing Reading: The nature of reading (2000) (4)
- Reading and use of English. (2003) (4)
- 1. Setting the Scene (2009) (4)
- Exploding myths: does the number of hours per week matter? (2000) (4)
- Assessing Speaking: Series editors' preface (2004) (4)
- POLICE AND PUBLIC ORDER (1985) (4)
- The context: the current school-leaving examination. (2000) (4)
- Assessing Reading: Techniques for testing reading (2000) (3)
- Levels of performance. (2000) (3)
- DEVELOPMENTS IN LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (1998) (3)
- What does PESTI have to do with us testers (2000) (3)
- Language testing-informed SLA ? SLA-informed language testing ? (2010) (3)
- Assessing Reading: Index (2000) (3)
- An Essay on Apparitions: In Which Their Appearance Is Accounted for by Causes Wholly Independent of Preternatural Agency (2015) (3)
- 1992 are Border Controls Necessary? (1989) (2)
- Recent Book: Or a Separate Profession?: A Critical History of Police Reform: Police Professionalism (1978) (1)
- Principled Policing Part One (2000) (1)
- Marking the pilot tests. (2000) (1)
- Pilot test booklet design. (2000) (1)
- Police Leadership in Times of Social, Economic and Political Turbulence (1976) (1)
- The writing test. (2000) (1)
- Issues in Language Testing Revisited (2014) (1)
- The Notion of Subskills in Reading Comprehension Tests: An EAP Example. Responses and Replies. (1995) (1)
- A Review of “Discourses on language and integration: critical perspectives on language testing regimes in Europe” (2010) (1)
- Response to Madsen's review of Innovation in language testing: can the microcomputer help? (1989) (1)
- Results of piloting. (2000) (1)
- Police and Education [1] (1980) (0)
- Recent Book: Down Under: Police in Australia (1978) (0)
- Crime and environment: Davidson, R.N.. London: Croom Helm, 1981. 170pp. £11.95 (1984) (0)
- Keeping the Peace (1979) (0)
- Recent Book: Friends?: Lawyers and the Community (1979) (0)
- Evaluating Second Language Education: Appendices (1992) (0)
- Foreword to the Special Issue “The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for English Language Assessment in China” of Language Testing in Asia (2017) (0)
- A framework for test design (2000) (0)
- Recent Book: To Prosecute or …: The Invisible Justice Sistem (1980) (0)
- Recent Book: Our Friends …: The Police in Society (1979) (0)
- Recent Book: If the Police is Not…: The Effectiveness of Policing (1980) (0)
- Principled Policing Part Two (2000) (0)
- On Apparitions (1810) (0)
- Assessing Reading: Variables that affect the nature of reading (2000) (0)
- Assessing Reading: The development of reading ability (2000) (0)
- Editorial (2005) (0)
- Assessing Reading: Research into the assessment of reading (2000) (0)
- “From Resources to Ideas” (1977) (0)
- Recent Book: Purely American!: Police Accountability (1979) (0)
- Recent Book: The Due Process of Law, Criminal Justice (1980) (0)
- The police and social change (a review article) (1984) (0)
- Assessing Reading: The way forward. Assessing the interation between reader and text: processes and strategies (2000) (0)
- Recent Book: Our Friends …: Policing the Police (1979) (0)
- A Force for Power (1978) (0)
- Recent Book: US and Society or …: Police and Society (1979) (0)
- Book Review: ‘Policing Futures’ (2000) (0)
- Policing the City@@@The British Police@@@Policing Freedom (1981) (0)
- Justice by the People. Teacher's Guide. (1998) (0)
- Studying the English language : reflections. (2009) (0)
- The Value of Research and Evaluation in Language Education. (1996) (0)
- Testing, the teacher and the student (1984) (0)
- Looking back on a lifetime in language testing (2016) (0)
- Recent Book: Police Studies Series: Police and the Public: Police: The Exercise of Power (1979) (0)
- Recent Book: Police Reform: Police Revitalisation (1978) (0)
- Response to the review essay by Robert Phillipson (2010) (0)
- Recent Book: The Police Idea “Down Under”: The Australian Police Forces (1961) (0)
- Assessing Reading: The reader: defining the construct of reading ability (2000) (0)
- In Search of a New Ethic of Policing (1982) (0)
- The Police of Victoria (1960) (0)
- Judgements in Language Testing, Version Three. (1990) (0)
- Recent Book: Purely American!: Crime in Our Changing Society (1979) (0)
- Assessing Reading: Bibliography (2000) (0)
- Assessing Reading: Tests in the real world: test purposes (2000) (0)
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