Acknowledgments
PART ONE Conceptual bases of test development
1 Objectives and expectations
2 Test usefulness:Qualities of language tests
3 Describing tasks:Language use in language tests
4 Describing language ability:Language usr in language tests
PART TWO Language test development
5 Overview of test development
6 Describing,identifying,and defining
7 Developing a plan for the evaluation of usefulness
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PART THREE Illustrative test development projects
Project1 High-stakes selection and placement test for students entering a university wring program
Project2 Selection/placement test for telephone company employees
Project3 Syllabus-based diagnostic achievement test for students in an ESP program
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