Language Assessment Quarterly
2017 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.398
Ranking: 51/59 (Psychology, Educational) and 84/181 (Linguistics)
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2017 CiteScore: 1.24 - values from Scopus
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. Examples of topic areas appropriate for LAQ include:
- assessment from around the world at all instructional levels including specific purposes;
- assessment for immigration and citizenship and other ‘gate-keeping’ contexts;
- issues of validity, reliability, fairness, access, accommodations, administration, and legal remedies;
- assessment in culturally and/or linguistically diverse populations;
- professional standards and ethical practices for assessment professionals;
- interdisciplinary interfaces between language assessment and learning;
- issues related to technology and computer-based assessment;
- innovative and practical methods and techniques in developing assessment instruments;
- recent trends in analysis of performance; and
- issues of social-political and socio-economic concern to assessment professionals.
Peer Review: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous blind review by at least by two referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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