The need to assess communicative language skills has continuously been on the rise in academic and professional settings. This trend forces language teachers and test developers alike to face the challenges of rating complex language performance in a valid and reliable manner. The recent publication Scoring Second Language Spoken and Written Performance offers a concise and much needed overview of issues in rater-mediated assessment. Drawing on their rich expertise in language testing research and development, the authors managed to untangle the complexities associated with rating productive language performance in a highly useful manner for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in language testing.

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书评：第二语言口语和书面表现评分：问题、选项和方向

在学术和专业环境中，评估交际语言技能的需求不断增加。这种趋势迫使语言教师和测试开发人员都面临以有效和可靠的方式评估复杂语言性能的挑战。最近的出版物《第二语言口语和书面表现评分》提供了一个简明且急需的评估者介导评估问题的概述。凭借他们在语言测试研究和开发方面的丰富专业知识，作者设法以一种对研究生、研究人员和语言测试从业者非常有用的方式解决了与评估生产性语言表现相关的复杂性。