From Cloze to Consequences and Beyond: An Interview With Elana Shohamy

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Notes

¹National Foreign Language Center: http://www.nflc.org/

²Spolsky, B., & Shohamy, E. (1999). The languages of Israel: Policy, ideology, and practice. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

³Programme for International Student Assessment: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2987,en_32252351_32235731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

⁴The Predictive Early Assessment of Reading and Literacy.

⁵Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development: http://www.oecd.org/home/0,3305,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

⁶The “Meitzav” exams, a Hebrew acronym for school growth and efficiency indicators, are standardized tests that are given to pupils countrywide at the end of the each school year. They are meant to specify just how well Israeli junior high and high school pupils are meeting the benchmarks and standards specified in school curriculums: http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/Mazkirut_Pedagogit/English/Meitzav_Info/Meitzav_Examinations.htm

⁷ Shohamy, E. (2001). The power of tests: A critical perspective on the uses of language tests. Singapore: Longman.

⁸Language and Integration Conference, Berlin, September 18–19, 2009.

⁹National Council on Measurement in Education: http://www.ncme.org/

¹⁰Shohamy, E., & McNamara, T. (Eds.). (2009). Language assessment for immigration, citizenship, and asylum [Special issue]. Language Assessment Quarterly, 6(1).

¹¹ Shohamy, E., & Hornberger, N.H. (Eds.). (2008). Encyclopedia of language and education, Volume 7: Language testing and assessment (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

¹²Talk given at the University of Minnesota, September 24, 2009.

¹³ Shohamy, E. (1985). A practical handbook in language testing for the second language teacher. Ramat Aviv, Israel: Shaked.

¹⁴Davison, C., & Leung, C. (2009). Teacher-based assessment: An international perspective on theory and practice [Special topic issue]. TESOL Quarterly, 43(3).

¹⁵Academic Committee for Research on Language Testing: http://info.smkb.ac.il/home/home.exe/11571

¹⁶ Shohamy, E. (2006). Language policy: Hidden agendas and new approaches. New York: Routledge.

¹⁷ Shohamy, E., & Gortner, D. (Eds.). (2008). Linguistic landscape: Expanding the scenery. New York: Routledge.

¹⁸ Spolsky, B. (1995). Measured words: The development of objective language testing. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.