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Language Testing Journals

[Language Testing] [Language Assessment Quarterly] [Assessing Writing][Language Testing in Asia]

Educational Measurement and Assessment Journals

[Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice]
[Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education]
[Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis]
[Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice]
[Educational and Psychological Measurement]
[Evaluation and Research in Education]
[Journal of Educational Measurement]
[Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation]
[Applied Psychological Measurement]
[Psychometrika]

Language Testing is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes original research on language testing and assessment. Since 1984 it has featured high impact papers covering theoretical issues, empirical studies, and reviews. The journal's wide scope encompasses first and second language testing and assessment of English and other languages, and the use of tests and assessments as research and evaluation tools. Many articles also contribute to methodological innovation and the practical improvement of testing and assessment internationally. In addition, the journal publishes submissions that deal with policy issues, including the use of language tests and assessments for high stakes decision making in fields as diverse as education, employment and international mobility. The journal welcomes the submission of papers that deal with ethical and philosophical issues in language testing, as well as technical matters. Also of concern is research into the washback and impact of language test use, and ground-breaking uses of assessments for learning. Additionally, the journal wishes to publish replication studies that help to embed and extend our knowledge of generalisable findings in the field. Language Testing is committed to encouraging interdisciplinary research, and is keen to receive submissions which draw on theory and methodology from different fields of applied linguistics, as well as educational measurement, and other relevant disciplines.

http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ltj

Language Assessment Quarterly: An International Journal (LAQ) is dedicated to the advancement of theory, research, and practice in first, second, and foreign language assessment for school, college, and university students; for employment; and for immigration and citizenship. LAQ publishes original articles addressing theoretical issues, empirical research, and professional standards and ethics related to language assessment, as well as interdisciplinary articles on related topics, and reports of language test development and testing practice. All articles are peer-reviewed. The journal is directed to an international audience.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1543-4303&subcategory=ED200000

Assessing Writing is a refereed international journal providing a forum for ideas, research and practice on the assessment of written language. Assessing Writing publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges concerning writing assessments of all kinds, including traditional ('direct' and standardised forms of) testing of writing, alternative performance assessments (such as portfolios), workplace sampling and classroom assessment. The journal focuses on all stages of the writing assessment process, including needs evaluation, assessment creation, implementation, and validation, and test development; it aims to value all perspectives on writing assessment as process, product and politics (test takers and raters; test developers and agencies; educational administrations; and political motivations). The journal is interested in review essays of key issues in the theory and practice of writing assessment.

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Current Content

Language Testing in Asia (LTA) was founded in 2011 as a high quality peer-reviewed online academic journal. The purpose of LTA is to acknowledge and showcase scholarly findings in Asia in the field of Language testing. We welcome essay submissions from anywhere in Asia that fit within this aim. Note that we use the broad definition of Asia which includes any countries east of the Suez canal and south of the Caspian and Black seas, to Japan in the east and Indonesia in the south.

Areas of particular interest include research articles on any aspects of proficiency tests such as IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC and high stakes national university entrance tests. Classroom, school and university evaluation methods are also most welcome as are reviews or research on software and internet applications for testing language skills.

http://www.languagetestingasia.com/

Current Content

Recent decades have witnessed significant developments in the field of educational assessment. New approaches to the assessment of student achievement have been complemented by the increasing prominence of educational assessment as a policy issue. In particular, there has been a growth of interest in modes of assessment that promote, as well as measure, standards and quality. These have profound implications for individual learners, institutions and the educational system itself. Assessment in Education provides a focus for scholarly output in the field of assessment. The journal is explicitly international in focus and encourages contributions from a wide range of assessment systems and cultures. The intention is to explore both commonalities and differences in policy and practice.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713404048~link=cover

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education is an established international peer-reviewed journal which publishes papers and reports on all aspects of assessment and evaluation within higher education. Its purpose is to advance understanding of assessment and evaluation practices and processes, particularly the contribution that these make to student learning and to course, staff and institutional development. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education welcomes research-based, reflective or theoretical studies which help to illuminate the practice of assessment and evaluation in higher education. The journal is aimed at all higher education practitioners, irrespective of discipline. It sets out to provide readily accessible, up-to-date information about significant developments within the field, with a view to the sharing and extension of evaluated, innovative practice and the development of ideas. Suggestions for special issues are welcomed.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713402663

http://epa.sagepub.com/

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) publishes articles that illuminate issues in educational measurement and inform the practice of educational measurement. EM:IP is aimed at practitioners and users of tests and includes information about proven practices in testing, news of interest to the educational measurement community, and organizational news of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Not as technical as its companion, the Journal of Educational Measurement, EM:IP addresses a broad public that includes NCME members, school personnel, other professional educators, legislators, and interested citizens. Its primary purpose is to promote a better understanding of and reasoned debate on timely measurement issues of practical importance to educators and the public. EM:IP is a vehicle for improved communication among NCME members, and between NCME members and others concerned with educational measurement issues and practices.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118495101/home

"We are currently experiencing exponential increases in our knowledge of measurement dynamics. At the very same time, we see more and more regulatory and legislative mandates for the use of tests in making a variety of high-stakes decisions. Thus, Educational and Psychological Measurement remains well positioned to disseminate important contributions to the study of individual differences..."

Since 1941, this important journal has offered the most current data-based studies and theoretical papers in the measurement field. Published six times a year, Educational and Psychological Measurement continues to provide the latest research in this dynamic field.

http://epm.sagepub.com/

Evaluation & Research in Education aims to make methods and contents of evaluation and research in education available to teachers, administrators and research workers. Papers published in the quarterly journal: (1) report evaluation and research findings; (2) treat conceptual and methodological issues; and/or (3) consider the implications of the above for action. There is an extensive book reviews section and also occasional reports on educational materials and equipment.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t794297791~db=all

The Journal of Educational Measurement (JEM) publishes original measurement research, provides reviews of measurement publications, and reports on innovative measurement applications. The topics addressed will interest those concerned with the practice of measurement in field settings, as well as be of interest to measurement theorists. In addition to presenting new contributions to measurement theory and practice, JEM also serves as a vehicle for improving educational measurement applications in a variety of settings.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118493303/home

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation (PARE) is an on-line journal supported entirely by volunteer efforts. Its purpose is to provide access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice. Manuscripts published in Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation are scholarly syntheses of research and ideas about methodological issues and practices. They are designed to help members of the community keep up-to-date with effective methods, trends, and research developments from a variety of settings.

http://pareonline.net/

Applied Psychological Measurement publishes cutting-edge methodologies and related empirical research. Whether the setting is educational, organizational, industrial, social or clinical, Applied Psychological Measurement focuses on ways to use the most current techniques to address measurement problems in the behavioral and social sciences. It provides a complete picture of the measurement discipline. Its wide range of features keep you informed of all the latest developments that shape this evolving field of study.

http://apm.sagepub.com/

The journal Psychometrika is devoted to the advancement of theory and methodology for behavioral data in psychology, education and the social and behavioral sciences generally. Its coverage is offered in two sections: Theory and Methods (T& M), and Application Reviews and Case Studies (ARCS). T&M articles present original research and reviews on the development of quantitative models, statistical methods, and mathematical techniques for evaluating data from psychology, the social and behavioral sciences and related fields. Application Reviews can be integrative, drawing together disparate methodologies for applications, or comparative and evaluative, discussing advantages and disadvantages of one or more methodologies in applications. Case Studies highlight methodology that deepens understanding of substantive phenomena through more informative data analysis, or more elegant data description.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/112911/