Research outcomes
Sharing our findings
As well as submitting papers to refereed academic journals and making presentations at conferences, seminars and symposia, we share the latest findings of our research with the wider language assessment community through our own publications.
Research Notes
This is a quarterly publication reporting on matters relating to research, test development and validation within Cambridge ESOL. Each edition has:
- a central theme
- articles on assessment research and findings
- information on publications of interest
- conference reports
- other relevant news and features.
From the Research Notes website you can:
- Join our mailing list to receive the printed version of Research Notes.
- Download each issue as an Acrobat PDF file. Viewing PDF files requires Adobe Reader, free software available from Adobe.
- Read or download articles on your particular area of interest using the Search facility (by Exam, Skill or Area).
Studies in Language Testing (SiLT)
This is a series of academic volumes — edited by Dr Michael Milanovic and Prof Cyril Weir, and published jointly by Cambridge ESOL and Cambridge University Press (CUP). The series examines important issues and new developments in language testing that are relevant to test users, developers and researchers.
You can order SiLT from the CUP website.
Or order a copy from any good bookseller.
Events
Each year, members of the research team deliver papers to conferences all over the world. Reports of many of the conferences and other events attended by Cambridge ESOL staff are included in Research Notes.
Grade statistics
We make available the average percentages in each grade (Pass with Merit, Pass, Total Pass, Narrow Fail, Fail) for all sessions by country.
Requesting data
Frequently Asked Questions: requests for materials, data and statistics available on our exams.
