Collaboration in Language Testing and Assessment

The Guidelines for Good Practice of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) stress the importance of collaboration between all parties involved in the process of developing instruments, activities and programmes for testing and assessment. Collaboration is considered to be as important as validity and reliability, providing a crucial prerequisite for responsibility and respect for students. The papers, covering a range of topics that consider both realities and prospects of collaboration, were originally presented at EALTA conferences from 2008 to 2010.

Dina Tsagari is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TEFL at the Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus.
Ildikó Csépes is also a lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TEFL at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Debrecen (Hungary). They have both taught, researched and published extensively in the field of language testing and assessment.