High-Stakes Testing

David Coniam is Chair Professor of Curriculum and Assessment and Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. He is a teacher educator, working with teachers in Hong Kongs primary and secondary schools. His main research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and computer-assisted language learning. Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department at the University of Hong Kong, he currently holds an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are in language assessment, first and second language writing methodology, and text linguistics.