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Professor Glenn Fulcher
Professor of Education and Language Assessment
BD, AKC (King's College, London)
MTh. (King's College, London)
MA in Applied English Linguistics (Birmingham)
PGCE (Christ's College, Cambridge)
PhD (Lancaster)
Tel: 0116 2297508
Email: gf39[at]le.ac.uk
Glenn’s main interests lie in the field of language testing and educational assessment. He has extensive experience of working on test design and development projects, including the design and creation of test specifications, item/task design and prototyping, item/task review procedures, pre-testing, test analysis and assembly, and the design of both paper and computer delivery systems. He has particular expertise in the design and development of rating instruments for performance assessments, particularly those in the assessment of speaking and communication. Glenn developed the first data-based rating scales for speaking tests between 1987 and 1993, and continues to conduct research in this area, creating the first Performance Decision Trees between 2006 and 2011. His recent work on test retrofit has drawn international attention, and he continues to receive invitations to talk about this research around the world. He has worked for a number of major testing companies in a research capacity, or as a consultant, on both large- and small-scale test development projects. To discover more about Glenn’s involvement with language testing, visit his website at http://languagetesting.info
Glenn has frequently acted as a consultant to testing and assessment agencies, including the TOEFL Committee of Examiners and the TOEFL Research Committee and was President of the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) in 2006, later serving on the Executive Board of ILTA as a Member at Large, and Vice President. Currently, Glenn is co-editor of the journal ‘Language Testing’ (Sage) for which he publishes a quarterly podcast which can be accessed on this web page. He is also on the Editorial Board of Assessing Writing (Elsevier).
Within the School of Education, Glenn contributes to the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, EdD and PhD programmes, primarily in the area of testing and assessment. He also offers two 15 credit modules in language testing and is a member of the School’s Testing, Assessment and Measurement Research Special Interest Group (TAMER).
Research
Teaching
Glenn teaches on the following programmes:
MA Applied Linguisitcs and TESOL
Glenn is currently Postgraduate Research Tutor for the PhD programme.
Selected Publications
New Book for 2012: The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing
Fulcher, G. (2012). "Assessment Literacy for the Language Classroom". Language Assessment Quarterly 9, 2, 113 - 132.
Fulcher, G., Davidson, F., and Kemp, J. (2011). "Effective rating scale development for speaking tests: Performance Decision Trees." Language Testing 28, 1, 5 - 29.
Fulcher, G. (2010). Practical Language Testing. London: Hodder Education. ISBN: 987-0340984482. 352 pages + xvi.
Fulcher, G. and Davidson, F. (2009). Test architecture, test retrofit. Language Testing 26, 1, 123 - 144. Winner of the 2011 International Language Testing Association Best Article Award.
Fulcher, G. and Davidson, F. (2007). Language Testing and Assessment. London and New York: Routledge.
Other News
Recent Successes of Glenn's Students
Nathaniel Owen wins Pearson grant and gets GRA.
