Test fairness in standardized high-stakes tests

The study of test fairness is of crucial importance in the context of standardized high-stakes tests used to make selection decisions at different levels, for different purposes and across different groups of test takers. Researchers are particularly concerned about the possibility that standardized high-stakes tests may be used inappropriately to make score-based interpretations and decisions, which may introduce unfair consequences to different groups of test takers. These concerns have increased social and educational demands, subjecting these tests to rigorous validation research. This book provides a good insight on test fairness in language testing research domain, and presents the results of implementing an argument-based approach to test fairness on two well-recognized tests of English language proficiency.