This book relates language testing practice to current views of communicative language teaching and testing. It builds on the theoretical background expounded in Bachman's Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing (UOP 1990) and discusses the design, planning, and organization of test. The book es divided into three sections: Conceptual bases of test development, discusses objectives and expectations, the context of language testing, and the abilities to be tested; Language test development, describes the process of test development, including blueprints, resources, operationalization, and scoring methods; Illustrative test development projects, describes ten examples which illustrate the principles discussed in Parts One and Two.