A new approach to classroom-based language assessments ; Using classroom-based language assessments ; Overview of our approach to assessment development ; Consequences : why do we need to assess our students? ; Decisions : when do we need to assess our students? ; Interpretations : what and how should we assess? ; Assessment records : how can we record our students' assessment performance? ; Developing assessment task templates ; Creating language assessment tasks ; Combining assessment tasks to make classroom-based assessments --
Administrative procedures and instructions ; Scoring students' test performance and reporting the results ; Example assessments

This book provides teachers with an entirely new approach to developing and using classroom-based language assessments. This approach is based on current theory and practice in the field of language assessment and on an understanding of the assessment needs of classroom teachers