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Peer reviewedDavies, Alan – Language Testing, 1997
Addresses the role of ethics and its limits in professional activities such as language testing. Consideration is given to language testing as a means of political control, the definition of the test construct, the effects of language tests on the various stakeholders involved, and criteria for promoting ethicality in language testing. (six…
Descriptors: Ethics, Language Tests, Measurement Techniques, Power Structure
