INTRODUCTION PART I LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW I-LANGUAGE TESTING AND VALIDITYEVIDENCE CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW II-PARAMETERS FOR A VALIDATIONFRAMEWORK FOR AWT PART II PILOT STUDIES CHAPTER 3 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PILOTING OF INSTRUMENTS ANDPROCEDURES FOR APPLYING THE VALIDATION FRAMEWORK TO TEM8E ANDGRADUATION DISSERTATIONS PART III MAIN STUDY CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH THE EVIDENCE OFTEST-TAKER CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH THEORY-BASEDVALIDITY DEIDENCE CHAPTER 6 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH CONTEXTVALIDITY EVIDENCE CHAPTER 7 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS CONCERNED WITH SCORINGVALIDITY-,CONSEQUENTIAL VALIDITY-,AND CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITYEVIDENCE CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS REFERENCES APPENDICES