Section One INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Looking Back on a Lifetime in Language TestingSection Two READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Chapter 2 Reading in a Foreign Language：a Reading Problem or aLanguage Problem? Chapter 3 Testing Reading Comprehension Skills(Part One)Section Three CLOZE TESTING Chapter 4 The Cloze Procedure and Proficiency in English as aForeign LanguageSection Four BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND ESP TESTS Chapter 5 The EffeCt of Students’Academic Discipline on TheirPerformance on ESP Reading Tests Chapter 6 New Procedures for Validating Proficiency Tests ofESP?Theory and Practice Chapter 7 Air Safety，Language Assessment Policy，and PolicyImplementation：the Case of Aviation EnglishSection Five WASHBAC K Chapter 8 Does Washback Exist? Chapter 9 TOEFL Preparation Courses：A Study of Washback Chapter 10 Testing and Teaching：The Dream and the RealitySection Six TESTING AND TEACHERS Chapter 11 Testing Is Too Important to Be Left to TestersSection Seven METALINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE AND TESTING Chapter 12 Metalinguistic Knowledge，Language Aptitude andLanguage ProficiencySection Eight COMPUTER-BASED TESTING Chapter 13 Do Corpora Have a Role in Language Assessment?Section Nine DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Chapter 14 The Development of a Suite of Computer-basedDiagnostic Tests Based on the Common European Framework． Chapter 15 The Challenge of(Diagnostic)Testing：Do We Know What WeAre Measuring?Section Ten CONSTRUCTS Chapter 16 Judgements in Language Testing Chapter 17 The Relationship Between Grammar and Reading in anEnglish for Academic Purposes Test Battery Chapter 18 Appfied Linguistics and Language Testing：A Case Studyof the ELTS TestSection Eleven PRINCIPLES Chapter 19 Standards in Testing：a Study of the Practice of UKExamination Boards in EFL／ESL TestingSection Twelve POLITICS Chapter 20 The Micropolitics of Research and PublicationSection Thirteen REFLECTIONS Chapter 21 Reflections on Language Testing：What Next?Bibliography