This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the assessment of reading in a foreign or second language.

1. The Nature of Reading; 2. Variables that affect the nature of reading; 3. Research into the assessment of reading; 4. The reader: defining the construct of reading ability; 5. A framework for test design; 6.Tests in the real world: test purposes; 7. Techniques for testing reading; 8. The development of reading ability; The way forward. Assessing the interaction between reader and text: processes and strategies.