Language testing and assessment

TitleLanguage testing and assessment
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsAlderson JC, Banerjee J
JournalLanguage Teaching
Volume34, (4)
Pagination213-236
Keywordsassessment, testing
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A state-of-the-art review in language testing in two parts. The first part, referred to here, begins with an account of research into washback, which then leads to a discussion of ethics,politics, and standards, trends in testing on a national level, testing for specific purposes, develpments in computer-based testing, self-assessment, alternative assessment and assessment of young learners.