Bart Deygers|Margaret E. Malone
Language assessment literacy in university admission policies, or the dialogue that isn’t
KU Leuven|Georgetown University
research field language assessment literacy lal shows university admission officers policy makers generally wellversed matters lal studies date traced may case however field language testing studies date reported university admission language requirements set nevertheless impact test use university admissions developing knowledge essential progress lal discipline paper reports qualitative study includes university admission policy makers one context flanders belgium analyses interviews show concerns ideas lal scholars university admission policy makers may differ substantially realworld policy determined pragmatism compromise policy makers even universities may fail consider empirical findings study shows view policy makers quite dissimilar traditional approach taken lal literature authors argue may beneficial encourage policy literacy among language testing professionals expect lal policy makers