List of contributors

PART I THE ETHICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION OF VALIDITY

Chapter 1: Contexts, constructs, and ethics

M. Rafael Salaberry and Albert Weideman

Chapter 2: Validity and validation: an alternative perspective

Albert Weideman and Bart Deygers

PART II AGENCY AND EMPOWERMENT PROMPTED BY TEST ADEQUACY

Chapter 3: The racializing power of language assessments

Casey Richardson

Chapter 4: "It’s not their English": narratives contesting the validity of a high-stakes test

Gordon Blaine West and Bala Thiruchelvam

Chapter 5: The ethical potential of L2 portfolio assessment: a critical perspective review

Mitsuko Suzuki

PART III SOCIOINTERACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ASSESSMENT

Chapter 6: Portfolio assessment: facilitating language learning in the wild

Elisa Rasanen and Piibi-Kai Kivik

Chapter 7: The role of an inscribed object in a German classroom-based paired speaking assessment: does the topic card elicit the targeted speaking and interactional competencies?

Katharina Kley

Chapter 8: L1?L2 speaker interaction: affordances for assessing repair practices

Katharina Kley, Silvia Kunitz and Meng Yeh

Chapter 9: Yardsticks for the future of language assessment: disclosing the meaning of measurement

Albert Weideman

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