We warmly invite you to participate in the 5th Annual International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA), which will be held in Shanghai, China, from 18 to 20 October 2018. This conference provides an outstanding opportunity for language assessment scholars and practitioners to share invaluable ideas and experiences related to language assessment in Asia.

Theme: Standards in Language Assessment We welcome proposals that are related to the main conference theme and cover one or more of the following sub-themes: Principles and methodology of developing standards for language assessment Standards in developing language assessments (such as classroom and large-scale language assessments; teacher-developed and professional-staff developed language assessments) Standards in validating language assessments (such as construct validation, consequential research, alignment studies, etc.).