The aim of the project, organised in partnership with the National Centre for External Evaluation of Education, is to set up a group of professional test-item writers who will be able to link assessment to the CEF (Common European Framework), construct good language proficiency tests and participate in large-scale testing programmes.

Trainer training courses cover the following:

an understanding of conceptual bases of language test design and development
an understanding of fundamental issues and concerns involved in the appropriate use of language tests
the ability to design, develop, evaluate and use language tests appropriate for a given purpose, context, and test takers

The Testing and Assessment project includes the following courses:

Introduction to Testing
for foreign language and science subjects teachers
with Charles Boyle

English language tester trainings
with Dianne Wall

1. Item writing workshop, 19 – 21 February 2007
2. Testing of Writing and Listening, 2 – 6 July 2007
3. Testing of Reading and Speaking,  12 – 14 November 2007