5. The Mandate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments x
4. 1. The Nature of Testcraft 1
5. 2. The Components of Test Specifications 20
6. 3. Problems and Issues in Specification Writing 34
7. 4. Building the Test 60
8. 5. The Mandate 77
9. 6. The Team 98
10. 7. The Agency of Testcraft 121
11. Appendix 1: Some Essentials of Language Testing 131
12. Appendix 2: Teaching Specification Writing 136
13. Bibliography 141
14. Index 147