Principles of assessment

Practicality

It focused on mnaging resources

Characteristics

•It is not expensive
•It stays within appropriate time
•It is relative easy to administer
•It has a scoring procedure
•It is specific time – efficient

Reliability

Consistent and dependable

Characteristics

•Student rated reliability: illness, fatigue.
•Rater reliability: Human error, subjectivity
•Test administration reliability: weather, unclear copies
•Test reliability: scoring must be clear

Validity

It measure the knowledge

Characteristics

•Content validity
•Face validity
•Construct validity

Authenticity

It designs test

Characteristics

•Alternative, direct performance
•Criterion, reference measure
•Integrative
•Formative

Washback

Positive or negative

Characteristics

• Positive
• Learning based on mistake
• Small motivation notes
• Feedback

• Negative
• Harmful
• Demotivate result
• It doesn’t better