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Books

Airasian, P. W. (1994). Classroom Assessment. NY: Mc Graw-Hill Inc.

Bailey, K. M. (1998). Learning about language assessment. Cambridge, MA: Heinle and Heinle.

Brown, H. D. (2005). Testing in language programs. NJ: Prentice Hall.

Brown, H. D. (2004). Language assessment: Principles and classroom practices. NY: Longman.

Cohen, A. D. (1994). Assessing Language Ability in the Classroom. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.

Genesee, F. and J. Upshur. (1996).
Classroom-based evaluation in second language education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Articles

Boston, Carol (2002). The concept of formative assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation , 8(9). Available online at:http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=9

Videos

Formative Assessment: teachers.tv video discusses formative assessment, rationale and applications. Although the content focuses on science the principles and performance aspect is directly applicable to assessing languages.

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