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SUMMARY:Linking assessments to international frameworks of language profic
 iency - Dr Hanan Khalifa and Dr Neil Jones (Research and Validation\, Univ
 ersity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations)
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is having a 
 special impact on assessment\, as test users increasingly insist on eviden
 ce of alignment to it. But what kind of evidence is needed? Interpreting t
 est performance (against the CEFR in this case) is at the heart of test va
 lidity. Thus if CEFR alignment is important for an exam\, it should impact
  every relevant stage of design and administration. It cannot be a one-off
  exercise. Cambridge ESOL’s approach will be presented as an illustratio
 n of this. We will also present the SurveyLang project coordinated by Camb
 ridge ESOL\, due to deliver the European Survey on Language Competences in
  2011\, using the CEFR to benchmark the language competences of secondary-
 school pupils across Europe.
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 9 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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