Assessing Language Through Computer Technology

In 1998 and 1999 three of the largest providers of educational tests introduced computer-based versions of proficiency tests for English as a foreign language. Around the same time many institutions began to offer Web-based tests for particular language courses and classes. These two phenomena have greatly added to the momentum of work in computer-assisted testing and mean that assessment through computer technology is becoming a fact for language learners in educational settings and therefore for teachers and researchers.