However, the reliability of the listening tests, in 2007, can be seen to be
high as the coefficient, as reported on the homepage, stands at 0.89, a figure which Lado(cited in Hughes, 1989: 32) deems to be acceptable as a measurement of the consistency and reliability of a test. The reading module, in 2007, does not seem to have fared so well, as both the academic reading, with a coefficient of 0.86, and the general reading, with a coefficient of0.89, have both fallen below Lado’s (1989: 32)target figure of 0.9 to 0.99. Whilst thesefigures don’t negate the IELTS reading module’s validity, it is however evident that a higher
coefficient would further endorse the validity of the test.