PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE ASSESSEMENT

To create and effective test we need to be practical

Test doen't need to be expensive

A test is practical when it is not to long for students or teachers

A test should not be difficult to score

The time of the test should be balance ,if the teacher took 10 minutes creating the test , students need to take the similar time

To testing is necessary not to have a lot students , because teacher can't control is a student is cheating or not.

It should be consistent and dependable

If the teacher takes an exam one day and students got "10" ,the next time they should have the same results

If students got "10" in the fist test, but they got a "5" in the another test ,probably they were cheating

If results have a huge difference ,there is not realibility

There are some factosr to exit "unrealibiality"

STUDENTS-RELATED ISSUES

Temporary Illness

Fatigue

"Bad day"

Rater

If the teacher is tired he/she may score wrong

TEST ADMINISTRATION

Avoid noise when students are having a test , for example in a listening text

Do the test objective with clear instructions

A valid test measures exactly what it aims at

If we create a test, this must have validity to succed in the assessment

If the teacher wants to know the students knowledge about speaking ,he/she must be use speaking in the test ,he/she must be direct ,and achieve the class objectives

A test of reading ability must actually measure "READING"

Teacher should avoid subjectivity

The test should be match with the contents taught to the student

TYPES

Content

Clear objectives are presented in the test

Criterion

Specified classroom objectives are measured

Face

The degree to which a test looks righ

Construct