This article presents the author's response to the commentary essays by Charles Alderson and Fred Davidson on "Demystifying a Q-matrix for making diagnostic inferences about L2 reading skills" (Jang, 2009). The author stresses that their commentaries provides vital perspectives on the challenges to pushing the boundaries of current testing practice and juxtaposing such challenges with excitement and visions for the future of language testing. They provide vital perspectives on the challenges to pushing the boundaries of current testing practice and juxtaposing such challenges with excitement and visions for the future of language testing. In this article, the author focuses on issues which resonate with some salient views expressed in the commentaries and raises questions waiting to be answered.