List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Considerations

1. Models of literacy: the nature of reading tests, Clifford Hill and Kate Parry

Part II: Reading Tests

2. The Test of Enlgish as a Foreign Language: developing items for reading comprehension, Bonny Norton Peirce

3. An entrance test to Japanese universities: social and historical context, John E. Ingulsrud

4. The test and the text: readers in a Nigerian secondary school, Kate Parry

5. Adult education in the United States: adapting material for reading tests, Clifford Hill and Laurie Anderson

Part III: Literacy Assessment

6. English education in Zimbabwe: testing communicative competence, Kate Allen

7. English for academic purposes in Brazil: the use of summary tasks, Andrew Cohen

8. An adult learner in Canada: watching assessmen take place, Patrick Cummins and Stan Jones

9. Assessing adult literacy in the United Kingdom: the Progress Profile, Deryn Holland and Brian Street

Part IV: Policy Implications

10. Assessing English language and literacy around the world, Clifford Hill and Kate Parry

Bibliography

Index