Quality management and validation in language assessment
The Cambridge ESOL Principles of Good Practice outlines the systems and processes that drive our search for excellence and continuous improvement. While these systems involve complex research and technology, the underlying philosophy is simple:
- Validity – are our exams an authentic test of real-life English?
- Reliability – do our exams behave consistently and fairly?
- Impact – does our assessment have a positive effect on teaching and learning?
- Practicality – does our assessment meet learners’ needs within available resources?
- Quality – how we plan, deliver and check that we provide excellence in all of these fields
We have published Principles of Good Practice to:
- make our claims for quality assessment transparent
- give teachers, researchers, policymakers and others interested in our exams further insight to our processes
- share best practice with the wider world of language learning and assessment.
Download Principles of Good Practice (PDF)