Guides

Test selection guide for university admissions staff

This Test selection guide is designed to help university administrators evaluate and select English language tests and scores for use in admission decisions. The guide uses principles for test selection developed for the university sector and is based on the International Language Testing Association Guidelines for Practice. Published 2025.

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Authors:
Ute Knoch, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC), University of Melbourne
Susy Macqueen, Australian National University (ANU)

A guide to English language policy making in higher education

The Guides to English language policy-making in higher education are the result of a collaboration between the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) , academic and operational practitioners. These guides are designed to provide a set of accessible, state-of-the-art tools to help university policy-makers and admission teams in higher education contexts understand some of the complexities of English language proficiency in higher education at various key points in the student lifecycle, including at admissions, during study and at exit. For admissions staff, the guides also include a guiding framework that can be used to evaluate and select tests for admissions purposes. Published 2021.

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Author:
Ute Knoch, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC), University of Melbourne