A selection of essays on language testing includes: "Perspectives on the Testing Cycle: Setting the Scene" (Catherine Elder, Gillian Wigglesworth); "The Politicisation of English: The Case of the STEP Test and the Chinese Students" (Lesleyanne Hawthorne); "Developing Language Tests for Specific Populations" (Rosemary Baker); "Developing Rating Scales for the Assessment of Second Language Performance" (Carolyn E. Turner, John A. Upshur); "Administering a Performance Test in Fiji Hindi" (Nikhat Shameen, John Read); "Specific-Purpose Language Performance Tests: Task and Interaction" (Tom Lumley, Annie Brown); "Rasch Scaling: How Valid Is It as the Basis for Content-Referenced Descriptors of Test Performance?" (Joy McQueen); "Test Interpretation, Test Use, and Pedagogical Implications" (Micheline Chalhoub-Deville); and "Investigating Washback in Japanese EFL Classrooms: Problems of Methodology" (Yoshinori Watanabe). (MSE)