Selected Recent Articles

Stansfield, C.W. (1996). Content assessment in the native language. ERIC Digest. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 410227). Click here to read the article,

Rivera, C., & Stansfield, C.W. (1998). Leveling the playing field for English language learners: Increasing participation in state and local assessments through accommodations. In R. Brandt, (Ed.), Assessing student learning: New rules, new realities (pp. 65-92). Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service.

Kenyon, D.M., Stansfield, C.W., & Scott, M. L. (1996). Examining validity in a performance test: The Listening Summary Translation Exam (LSTE) – Spanish version. Language Testing, 13(1), 83-110.

Stansfield, C.W., & Kenyon, D.M. (1995). Comparing the scaling of speaking tasks by language teachers and by the ACTFL guidelines. In A. Cumming & R. Berwick (Eds.), The concept of validation in language testing (pp. 124-153). Clevedon, Avon, England: Multilingual Matters.

Stansfield, C.W., & Spolsky, B. (1994). Suggestions from representatives of the International Language Testing Association for revision of the AERA/APA/NCME standards. Language Testing Update, 16, 3-7. (ERIC, ED 379 332). Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Stansfield, C.W. (1994). Developments in foreign language testing and instruction: A national perspective. In C.R. Hancock, (Ed.), Teaching, testing, and assessment: Making the connection. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company.

Stansfield, C.W. (1993). Ethics, standards, and professionalism in language testing. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 4(2), 189-206.

Stansfield, C.W. (1993). An approach to performance testing of oral language proficiency for bilingual education teacher certification. In Proceedings of the Third National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues, Vol. 1 (pp. 187-216). Washington, DC: US Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.

Stansfield, C.W. (1993). A method for improving tasks on performance-based assessments through field testing. In A. Huhta, K. Sajavaara, & S. Takala (Eds.), Language testing: New openings (pp. 90-102). Jyvaskyla, Finland: Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla.

Stansfield, C. W., & Kenyon, D. M. (1992). Research on the comparability of the Oral Proficiency Interview and the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview. System, 20(3), 347-364.

Stansfield, C.W., Scott, M. L., & Kenyon, D. M. (1992). The measurement of translation ability. Modern Language Journal, 74, 455-467.

Stansfield, C.W., & Kenyon, D. M. (1992). The development and validation of a Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview. Modern Language Journal, 76(2), 119-131.

Stansfield, C.W. (1990). An evaluation of Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews as measures of oral proficiency. In J. E. Alatis (Ed.), Georgetown University roundtable on languages and linguistics 1990 (pp. 228-234). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Stansfield, C.W. (1990). Some foreign language test development priorities for the last decade of the twentieth century. Foreign Language Annals, 23(5), 395-401.