本词典以语言测试学家Alan Davies等人编写的Dictionary of Language Testing和欧洲语言测试者协会组编的Multilingual Glossary ofLanguage Testing Terms为蓝本，又从A Guide to Ixmguage Testing：Development，Evaluation and Research、Language Test Construction and Evaluation等语言测试学、教育测量学、教育统计学著作中选择了若干词条。共收入语言测试相关术语近900条。