艾伦·戴维斯著的《学术英语评估--雅思英语能力测试方案(1950-1989)(英文版)/剑桥语言测试研究丛书》论述雅思考试从1950年到1989年的发展和改革，对于语言测试与研究有深刻的理论意义，同时对于普通读者学习语言或者参加雅思考试也有重要的启发和参考意义，本书供相关研究人员参考。

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,
l(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