the five principles

The five principles of language assesment

Practicality

Reliability

Validity

Authenticity

Washback

Can be applied to formal tests.

Logistical

Administrative issues

Making giving and scoring.

The amount of time of contructing -

Administery the test

Easy scoring ,reporting and interpreting

Consist and dependable.

A test is given to the same student.

Two different occasions

The results are similar

The inferences made from the results

Appropriate, meaningful and useful

Terms of the assessment’s purpose

Characteristics

Measures exactly what it proposes to measure

Doesn´t measure irrelevant variables

Relies as much as possible on empirical evidence

Involves performance that samples the test’s criterion

Offers useful, meaningful information about a test-taker’s ability

Is supported by a theoretical rationale or argument.

Performance

Objective

Includes tasks that can be enacted

Real world or simulate real-world tasks

Authentic test uses

Natural language

Contextualized items

The topics are relevant

Meaningful

Interesting

Offer beneficial washback positively influences

How teachers teach

How learners learn

Offer chances to adequately prepare

Feedback that enhances learners’ language development

More formative than summative

Conditions for peak performance by the learners