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Peer reviewedDavies, Alan – Language Testing, 2003
Provides a personal view of the history of Anglo-American language testing over the last half-century. Argues that major developments in the field have tended to be embraced too enthusiastically so that they have led to unbalanced views concerning the construct definition of language, the scope of test impact, and the value of new methods of test…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory, Language Tests
