Jayanti Banerjee is the Director of Language at Trinity College London. She is a language assessment professional and researcher, experienced in teaching the principles of language assessment, designing and evaluating language tests, and conducting research into testing and assessment issues. For several years, she has been on the membership committee of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) and is a co-organizer for an EALTA Special Interest Group (SIG) in the assessment of speaking. She is the Treasurer for the International Language Testing Association (ILTA). Her research interests are in the areas of assessing language for specific purposes, writing assessment, standard setting, and test development and validation.