I did a quick search on some of those names and came across the Cambridge Esol Studies in Language Testing series.
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/what-we-do/research/silt.html#11
Looks interesting. I'll look into these some time, in particular those relating to test development, validation, standardisation etc.
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This specialisation is not pursued in a mindless and mechanical manner:
check out work by Charles Alderson,
Carline Clapham, Alan Davies, Arthur Hughes, Barry O'Sullivan, Diane
Wall, Cyril Weir among others in the UK.
Non-Brits include Jim Cummins, Tim Macnamara, Charlene Rivera, Meryl
Swain, and a host of others.
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