Abbreviations Series Editors' note Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Test-taker characteristics 3 Cognitive validity 4 Context validity 5 Scoring validity 6 Consequential validity 7 Criterion-related validity 8 Conclusions and recommendations Appendices Appendix A: Sample Reading tasks at five levels and answer keys Appendix B: Candidate Information Sheet Appendix C: Administrative setting Appendix D: Standard procedures for the production of examination materials Appendix E: General marking: performance management Appendix F: Computer-based (CB) reading tests versus paperbased (PB) versions: some issues and directions References Author index Subject index