Where English as a Second Language is taught as part of the regular school curriculum, student motivation may be limited. One solution is to encourage involvement in learning by having students write their own tests. For classroom tests used in formative evaluation, this approach can be applied to both group and individual work. A unit from an Israeli textbook and a unit on a short story illustrate the method. After reading the text and completing the accompanying exercises, the teacher reviews the unit with the class. The students' task is to discover what new material the unit contains and how it is presented and practiced, working in small groups. The groups are asked to choose what they think should be tested, and to write the test and answer key using the guidelines provided. The teacher corrects the tests. If the exercise is used primarily for teaching, the tests can then be administered and corrected by the working groups. If the tests are used for grading, the teacher extracts the items to be included in the actual assessment. Where group work is not feasible, the same process may be followed with individuals. A similar procedure applies to writing tests for literary texts. (MSE)