An Evaluation of Testing for English Majors Level 8 in China

The paper mainly presents the evaluation of a test named Testing for English Majors(TEM8) undertaken in China’s higher education institution concerning the following aspects: test purpose, test specifications, candidates and the specific test techniques. The evaluation is based on Bachman and Palmer’s framework of test usefulness which included test validity, reliability,practicality and backwash effect. The evaluation indicates that this test is proved to be a successful language test which satisfy testdevelopers’ purpose to measure test-takers’ overall language ability.