In 2010, the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched The Program on Bilingual Education for Students in College, referred to as the BEST program, with the goals of building a bilingual teaching and learning environment in colleges and universities, strengthening the English proficiency of college students, and promoting EMI courses to enhance the overall international competitiveness of higher education in Taiwan. The MOE also seeks to foster positive interactions between English teaching, learning, and assessment programs at colleges and universities. This entails aligning these programs with specific language standards, tracking students' learning progress, and providing an understanding of how a learning institution's courses affect performance on assessments. To address these needs, the MOE has provided funding for the Language Training & Testing Center (LTTC) to develop and administer the BEST Test of English Proficiency, referred to in short as BESTEP.
【Other useful links】
To register for the test, please refer to the BESTEP website.
BESTEP Awards Regulations
BESTEP-recommended learning sites: link
What makes BESTEP different from other tests? The MOE will tell you!: link
【Introduction to BESTEP】