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 use 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 8 Identifying， allocating， and managing resources 9 Operationalization： Developing test tasks and blueprints 10 Preparing effective instructions 11 Scoring method 12 Language test administration PART THREE Illustrative test development projects Project 1 High-stakes selection and placement test for students entering a university writing program Project 2 Selection/placement test for telephone company employees Project 3 Syllabus-based diagnostic achievement test for students in an ESP program Project 4 Exit test for students in an adult education conversation course for immigrants Project 5 High-stakes ESP screening test for making hiring and training decisions Project 6 Placement test for an ESL reading course Project 7 Employment/placement/achievement test for immigrants in a government-funded vocational training ESL course Project 8 Classroom achievement test for an introductory German course Project 9 Classroom achievement test for the reading component of the Korean-English two-way bilingual immersion program Project 10 Syllabus-based EFL progress test for primary school children References Index
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