TESTING AND EVALUATION IN ELT METHODOLOGY

Test like a instrument of evaluation

Knowledge

Performance

Ability

In order to measure and evaluate students´language proficiency - to give opportunities for learning

Test is useful when has

Authenticity

Interactiveness

Practically

Reability

Equivalence

Stability

Internal

Consistency

Validity

Content Validity

Face Validity

Criterion- Related Validity

Construct Validity

Factorial Validity

Concurrent Validity

Convergent and Divergent Validity

Types of Testing

Diagnostic test

Placement test

Progress test

Proficiency test

Direct or Indirect

Test Categories

Purpose

Test timing

Test Administration

Answer type

Decision type

Item format type

Evaluation method

Test quality

Evaluation and Assessment

Assessment: Process of gathering data by Hanna&Dettmer (2004)

Formative

Summative

Traditional test- based

Task - based

Evaluation: "... process of interpreting data to make judgments about a particular program... " by Isen (2001)

Quantitative (test)

Qualitative (observations)

Types of Rubric

Analytic Rubric: It provides more detailed feedback

Holistic Rubric: It is quick to score