The Companion to Language Assessment provides the most complete and up–to–date coverage of the field today. This state of–the–art reference work explores 140 crucial topics covering assessment in a broad range of contexts. Examines the key issues for practitioners and scholars of language teaching and assessment, their impact on language learners, and specific approaches to assessment employed around the world Organized thematically, chapters explore the contexts where assessment occurs, including learners and their abilities; developmental tools and approaches to assessment; case studies of international issues; and quantitative, qualitative, and interdisciplinary approaches to evaluation Brings together an international team of scholars under the editorship of Antony John Kunnan, one of the leading lights in this field Available as a four–volume print set or electronically via Wiley Online Library; both versions are supplemented with additional online audio and video materials, sample tests, quantitative and qualitative research data, and an annotated bibliography Combines the leading voices and cutting–edge research in a reference work spanning the fields of language teaching and learning, language policy and planning, testing and evaluation, and education