Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume I. Fundamental techniques. Item analysis in language assessment / Rita Green -- Univariate generalizability theory in language assessment / Yasuyo Sawaki and Xiaoming Xi -- Multivariate generalizability theory in language assessment / Kirby C. Grabowski and Rongchan Lin -- Applying rasch measurement in language assessment: unidimensionality and local independence / Jason Fan and Trevor Bond -- The rasch measurement approach to differential item functioning (DIF) analysis in language assessment research / Michelle Raquel -- Application of the rating scale model and the partial credit model in language assessment research / Ikkyu Choi -- Many-facet Rasch measurement : implications for rater-mediated language assessment / Thomas Eckes -- Analysis of differences between groups : the t-test and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in language assessment / Tugba Elif Toprak -- Application of ANCOVA and MANCOVA in language assessment research / Zhi Li and Michelle Y. Chen -- Application of linear regression in language assessment / Daeryong Seo and Husein Taherbhai -- Application of exploratory factor analysis in language assessment / Limei Zhang and Wenshu Luo.

volume II. Advanced methods. Advanced item response theory (IRT) models in language assessment -- Mixed rasch modeling in assessing reading comprehension / Purya Baghaei, Christoph J. Kemper, Samuel Greif & Monique Reichert -- Multidimensional rasch models in first language listening tests / Christian Spoden & Jens Fleischer -- The log-linear cognitive diagnosis modeling (LCDM) in second language listening assessment / Elif Toprak, Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh -- Hierarchical diagnostic classification models in assessing reading comprehension / Hamdollah Ravand -- Advanced statistical methods in language assessment -- Structural equation modeling in language assessment / Xuelian Zhu, Vahid Aryadoust & Michelle Raquel -- Growth modelling using growth percentiles for longitudinal studies / Daeryong Seo & Husein Taherbahi -- Multilevel modeling to examine sources of variability in second language test scores / Yo Innami & Khaled Barkaoui -- Longitudinal multilevel modeling to examine changes in second language test scores / Khaled Barkaoui & Yo Innami -- Nature-inspired data mining methods in language assessment -- Classification and regression trees in predicting listening item difficulty / Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh -- Evolutionary algorithm-based symbolic regression to determine the relationship of reading and lexico-grammatical knowledge / Vahid Aryadoust.