Post 12 of 12 on assessment literacy and test user perceptions is my final offer on why aviation English testing is in such a poor state.

High stakes aviation English testing demands trained, qualified personnel. Post 11 of 12 explores how regulations mean this is often not the case.

Post 10 in this series looks at the influence of the ICAO Rated Speech Samples Training Aid on aviation English testing.

Post 9 looks at the influence of ICAO Rating Scale on aviation English test design and assessment practice.

Why are there dozens of aviation English tests but just one is recognised by ICAO? Post 8 of 12 explores the issues.

Where individual careers and safety are at stake, we would expect language testers to offer the highest levels of professional accountability. In aviation English testing, this is not the case. Post 7 explains this issue.

Today's regulatory and commercial landscape precludes quality aviation English testing. Post 6 explains why.

Post 5 in this series attempts to tackle how aviation English test service providers fail to adequately conceive of the construct of professional language use and how this manifests in weak test instruments in subtle yet powerful ways.

Accurate listening comprehension is essential in aeronautical communications between pilots and air traffic controllers. Post 4 explores the underrepresentation of listening comprehension in aviation English tests.

This third post examines the problem of using the same generic aviation English test tasks for the assessment of language proficiency of both pilots and air traffic controllers.

We recently worked with a B777 captain who, as newcomer to the field, was astonished at the lack of meaningful standards in aviation language testing. This, along with the positive response I received to a post on aviation language assessment in the USA (post 1 in this series), prompted me to share a series of short articles on this topic. Post 2 looks at the lack of operationally-relevant aviation English tests.

Language testing for the ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements (LPRs) is exceptionally high-stakes. The industry deserves the highest standards of quality and yet aviation English testing is in a very poor state. This collection of twelve blog posts explores the issues. Post 1 looks at inappropriate regulatory guidance.