The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing

The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing offers a comprehensive overview of language testing and assessment within the fields of applied linguistics and language study. Specially commissioned chapters by leading academics and researchers of language testing address important topics facing researchers and practitioners, including: an overview of the key issues in language testing, key research methods and techniques in language test validation, the social and ethical aspects of language testing, the philosophical and historical underpinnings of assessment practices, the key literature in the field, and test design and development practices through use of practical examples.