Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices by H. Douglas Brown offers a comprehensive survey of essential principles and tools for second language assessment. As the third in a trilogy of teacher education textbooks, it follows Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (sixth edition) and Teaching by Principles (fourth edition), both published by Pearson Education. This book is designed to be used in teacher-training courses, teacher certification curricula, and TESOL master of arts programs.

The text features uncomplicated prose and a systematic, spiraling organization that introduces concepts with practical examples, understandable explanations, and succinct references to supportive research. By the end of the book, readers will have gained access to this not-so-frightening field of language assessment. They will possess a working knowledge of numerous useful, fundamental principles of assessment and will have applied those principles to practical classroom contexts. Additionally, they will have acquired a valuable storehouse of tools for evaluating and designing effective assessment techniques.

The book covers 400 pages and was published by Pearson Education ESL on July 16, 2018, with the ISBN-13: 978-0134860220. Its dimensions are 0.85 x 7.05 x 9.15 inches.