Sathena Chan

Dr Sathena Chan is a Lecturer in Language Assessment at the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire. Her research interests include integrated reading-into-writing assessment, cognitive processing of language use, criterial features of written performance, task design and rating scale development. She has been actively involved in different test development or validation projects for examination boards and educational organisations in the UK and worldwide. Her publications include the book, Defining Integrated Reading-into-Writing Constructs (2018, CUP), journal articles in Assessing Writing (2015) and Language Testing in Asia (2017), and research reports (e.g. Bax and Chan, 2016 on GEPT reading; Taylor and Chan, 2015 on test equivalence for GMC registration purposes). She also conducts professional training on integrated assessment literacy and statistical analyses for language testing.