Acknowledgements
Series Editors' note
Abbreviations
1 The 1950s and 1960s： the English Proficiency Test Battery
2 Communicative interlude： the story of ELTS
3 Retreat from revolution： 1981-87
4 The ELTS revision plan： 1987-89
5 The development of IELTS - a pragmatic compromise
Appendices
1．1 Chronological overview of the history of academic English assessment and the development of ELTS/IELTS
2．1 English Proficiency Test Battery （EPTB） - British Council Information Leaflet
2．2 English Proficiency Test Battery （EPTB） - Short Version Form A， 1964- Part 1 and Part 2
2．3 English Proficiency Test Battery （EPTB） - Short Version Form A， 1964 - Scoring Instructions
3．1 A Communication Needs Profile of Overseas Undergraduate Students in UK， 1977
3．2 Example of Content Specification and Item Analysis for the ELTS test M1 （Social Studies）： Mark II Version
4．1 English Language Testing Service （ELTS） Specifications， 1978
4．2 Notes on the English Language Testing Service （ELTS）， 1976-80 supplied by Brendan J Carroll， 18 August 2004
5．1 Notes to Registrars and Secretaries， 1979
6．1 ELTS Specimen Materials Booklet
6．2 Versions of ELTS， 1980
6．3 ELTS Administrators' Manual， 1986
7．1 Introduction to ELTS Validation Report，（ii） by Hughes， Porter and Weir， 1988
8．1 English Language Battery （ELBA）
9．1 Test of English for Educational Purposes （TEEP）
10．1 ELTS Revision - Specifications for M（Physical Science and Technology）， 1989
11．1 Proposed Structure of IELTS Tests， 1989
12．1 An Introduction to IELTS， 1989
12．2 IELTS User Handbook， 1989
12．3 Versions oflELTS， 1989
Bibliography
Index