李清华，男，博士，博士后，南方医科大学外国语学院教授，研究方向为语言测试与评估。广东外语外贸大学外国语言学及应用语言学博士，上海外国语大学外国语言学及应用语言学博士后。现任中国英语教学研究会语言测试专业研究会理事，国际语言测试学会会员，《现代外语》匿名审稿人，广东外语外贸大学、上海外国语大学博士论文校外评审专家，广东省多所大学外国语学院硕士论文评审专家。先后在《现代外语》、《中国外语》、《外语教学》、《外语界》、《四川外语学院学报》、《外语与外语教学》、《外语电化教学》、《解放军外国语学院学报》、《国外外语教学》、《外语教学理论与实践》、《山东外语教学》、《外语测试与教学》等外国语类核心期刊发表学术论文30余篇。出版学术专著2部，主编教材教辅4本。主持教学改革项目2项，主持省级社科项目1项，主研省部级课题3项。

讲座摘要：

The present research proposes a validation framework to assess the quality of formative assessment (FA), on the basis of studies of FA validity and reliability. Following Messick’s (1989) “unified view of validity”, the framework argues for the key role of social-cultural context and the specific classroom context in which the teaching and assessing stages of assessment system works. Validity of FA indicates whether and to what extent the interpretation and use of FA results facilitate students’ learning. Evidence to verify FA is supposed to cover construct, task, process, interpretation as well as use of assessment results, consequence and classroom context. Based on AUA framework of Bachman and Palmer（2010）, the main questions needed to answer and the ways to collect evidence in validating FA are discussed in detail.