Emphasized in this speech are the innovative practices in the standardized foreign language testing programs sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and the Modern Language Association (MLA). The CEEB projected listening and reading "composite tests" and changes in the French and Latin Advanced Placement Tests are described in the major portion of the document. Comprising another significant section are discussions of developments in the Graduate and Undergraduate Record Examinations and Graduate School Foreign Language Tests. A brief account of the latest events relevant to the MLA's Cooperative Foreign Language and Proficiency Tests precedes concluding remarks on the vital issues involved in proper classroom testing for diagnostic, instructional, and evaluative purposes. (AF)