A collection of selected papers from the March 1981 Language Proficiency Assessment Symposium, a component of the National Institute of Education's Assessment of Language Proficiency of Bilingual Persons project, are presented. Papers include: "An Overview of Communicative Competence" (Cynthia Wallat); "Some Comments on the Terminology of Language Testing" (Lyle Bachman, and Adrian Palmer); "Some Implications of Communicative Competence Research for Integrative Proficiency Testing" (Richard Duran); "Linguistic Interdependence among Japanese and Vietnamese Immigrant Students" (Jim Cummins, Merrill Swain, Kazuko Nakajima, Jean Handscombe, Daina Green, and Chau Tran); "Pupil Characteristics and Performance on Linguistic and Communicative Language Measures" (Arnulfo Ramirez); "A Communicative Approach to Language Proficiency Assessment in a Minority Setting" (Michael Canale); "The Suitability of Immersion Education for Children with Special Needs" (Margaret Bruck); and "Psycholinguistic Aspects" (Fred Genesee). The papers are indexed by subject. (MSE)