Dan Isbell, Dustin Crowther, Jieun Kim, and Yoonseo Kim investigate the correlation between TOEFL Essentials and lab-based and classroom-based speaking performance. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Brief Report: Hye-Won Lee, Emma Bruce, Jan Langeslag, and Resa Tasviri explore the consequences of allowing retakes for one single component of a four-skills language proficiency test. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Lianzhen He, Shangchao Min, and Min Wang articulate their rationale for spearheading the Language Testing 2026 Special Issue on LLMs in speaking assessment. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Gary Ockey contemplates the implications of the contributions to the Language Testing 2026 Special Issue on the use of large language models in L2 speaking assessment. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Yena Park, Yigal Attali, Xiaowan Zhang, Jacqueline Church, Kai-Ling Lo, Andrew Runge, Sarah Goodwin, and Geoff LaFlair employ LLM scoring and IRT to account for SDS prompt variability. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Jing Xu, Lynda Taylor, Xiaoming Xi, Yasin Karatay, Shangchao Min, and Carsten Roever summarize last year’s highly-attended LTRC 2025 debate over replacing human interviewers with AI agents. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Lianzhen He, Ruixue Liang, and Yang Zhao explore the development of empathetic spoken dialogue systems for the assessment of interactional competence. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Inyoung Na applies interactional discourse analysis to compare the assessment of interactional competence in two LLM-based spoken dialogue systems. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Shangchao Min, Zhuohan Hou, and Yanxin Wang evaluate speaking performance in paired discussions with LLM and human interlocuters. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Special Issue 2026: Dana Gablasova, Luke Harding, Vaclav Brezina, Emil Hazelhurst, Barry O’Sullivan, and Richard Spiby present a corpus-informed framework for evaluating the authenticity of chatbot interactions. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

So-Young Lim and Dylan Burton review the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) in light of its application for high stake decisions, calling for more transparent reporting and research. Available OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Qi Lu, Ying Chen, and Lianrui Yang report on the development of a computerized diagnostic assessment of pragmatic competence based on Dynamic Assessment principles. Available OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Gordon West reviews Mello-Pfeifer and Ollivier’s text on assessing plurilingual competence, with a focus on resisting monolingual bias in language assessment practices around the globe. Available OnlineFirst and Open Access here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

John Read comments on the value and limitations of concordance studies from a language policy perspective, in a response to Ute Knoch & Jason Fan’s (2024) Brief Report in Language Testing on a principled approach to concordance tables. Free to access OnlineFirst!

Spiros Papageorgiou and Tony Clark reflect on the practical implications of Ute Knoch & Jason Fan’s (2024) Brief Report on a principled approach to concordance tables, with a focus on TOEFL iBT and IELTS Academic in the Australian immigration context. Free to access OnlineFirst!

Farshad Effatpanah, Olga Kunina-Habenicht, Katharina Antonia Michiko Tremmel, and Philipp Sonnleitner apply a Rasch tree approach to model DIF in a German reading comprehension test. You can access the article through OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Early online access is now available for Niles Yan Zhao's review of Aek Phakiti's (2025) book Language Testing and Assessment: From Theory to Practice. Find the review here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Sai Zhang and Vahid Aryadoust investigate the relationship between extrinsic factors (journal-related, author-related, and article-related features) and citation counts of publications in second language assessment. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

William S. Pearson and Minlin Minny Zou present a bibliometric analysis of International English Language Testing System (IELTS) research, examining 641 studies from 1989 (the year of the IELTS test’s inception) to 2024. 📖 Open access! doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Okim Kang and colleagues examine young learners’ L2 English proficiency gains over 6 months, with a focus on how the proficiency gains were influenced by learners’ educational context and background variables. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Nathaniel Owen & Haiyan Xu respond to one of the top cited articles in @langtestjournal.bsky.social: Jennifer Randall, Mya Poe, David Slomp & Maria Elena Oliveri's Viewpoint on their justice-oriented antiracist approach to validation. Response piece (#openaccess): doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Language Testing Volume 43 Issue 2 is now available! In this issue: 2 original articles, 2 systematic reviews, 1 brief report, and 2 book reviews. Check out our spotlight on the systematic reviews in this thread ⬇️. Full issue is available here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/43/2

Language Testing is delighted to announce that Slobodanka Dimova has taken on the role of Test Review Editor! Slobodanka previously served as Book Review Editor for the journal and now steps into this essential position. 1/4

Check out Lynda Taylor's piece in #LanguageTesting on what it means to be a member of a professional association in our field. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/2)

This pioneering Virtual Special Issue by Salomé Villa Larenas on the #GlobalSouth is consequential in bringing to light regional disparities in our journal and field and in shifting the focus to underrepresented contexts. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/4)

Language Testing Volume 43 Issue 1 is now available! This issue contains 1 editorial, 2 original articles, 1 brief report, and 1 viewpoint. Check out our posts on the Virtual Special Issue and Letter to the Editor, also in this issue! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/43/1

Call for Language Testing Special Issue 2028 proposals is now open! Submission deadline: February 20, 2026. For information about how to submit a proposal, please read the “Language Testing – Special Issue Instructions for Guest Editors” document: tinyurl.com/bp7nyx9v

Now available in OnlineFirst, Chao Han, Mengting Jiang and Qionglu Chen present a systematic review and meta-analysis of rubrics used in the assessment of language interpreting, focusing on the intention, development, design, practice, and utility of the rubrics. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Language Testing Volume 42 Issue 4 is now available! The Special Issue of 2025: Advancing language assessment for teaching and learning in the era of the artificial intelligence #AI revolution: Promises and challenges journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/42/4

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Erik Voss investigates the performance and transparency of traditional machine learning methods vs. neural network models for scoring English essays in the TOEFL11 learner corpus. doi.org/10.1177/0265...