Local tests, local contexts

TL;DR: The Language Testing journal has served as the flagship journal for scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the field of language testing and assessment for 40 years as discussed by the authors , and it has been widely recognized as a popular journal for linguistics research.

TL;DR: Local language testing presents unique challenges shaped by test purpose, test policy, and contextual factors. Collaborative practice can address assessment issues and develop language assessment literacy within the local community.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors discuss the role of language program administration in language test placement and diagnosis, as a means of tracking progress, and as a contribution to program evaluation and revision.

TL;DR: This research presents a meta-modelling architecture that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive and expensive process of designing and testing language-based test systems.

TL;DR: The authors described a research project in which a survey instrument was developed, piloted, and delivered on the Internet to elicit the assessment training needs of language teachers, and the results were used to inform the design of new teaching materials and the further development of online resources that could be used to support program delivery.

TL;DR: The competencies required for conducting assessment in the educational context have recently been reformulated in view of social constructivist perspectives and the acknowledgement of the role of c... as discussed by the authors, and they are discussed in detail in Section 2.

TL;DR: In this article, the current level of FL teachers in LTA literacy and identify their training needs in this area, data from seven European countries were collected in a mixed-methods study that used questionnaires and qualitative data from teacher interviews (n = 63) in selected countries across Europe.