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Peer reviewedDavies, Alan – Language Testing, 1984
Discusses validation studies of three British English language proficiency tests--the English Proficiency Test Battery, the English Language Battery, and the English Language Testing Service. Concludes that valid language tests depend on test constructors' knowledge of language and on their judgment as to the parameters of language proficiency.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
