Principles of assessments

Principles of assessments

1. Validity

   • Valid results, useful, Meaningful, Appropriate
     • Types
       • Direct testing
         • When Students perform target task
       • Inderect testing
         • When students don't actually perform the task
     • Construct related evidence
       • Students can't uderstand well the instructions. Student's how students felt with the test.

2. Authenticity

   • They measure language learners ability to use the target language in real life.
     • The language in the test is natural.
     • Topics have to be meaningful, relevant and iteresting for the learners.
       • Examples
         • Testing students speaking abilities
         • Role play
         • Language tests
         • Describing a person
         • Real world tasks

3. Reliabilty

   • It's a test that is able to be trusted.
     • STUDENT
       • If a student is not feeling good the day of test, sick, having a bad day the grade won't be relliable other examples are:
         • Inter - rated reliability
           • When the teaher doesn't give the all the students the same test or if she or he gives different evaluation creteria
     • TEACHER
       • Intra- rated reliablity
         • Inconsistente evaluation creteria .
           • *Unclear scoring criteria * Teacher fatigue* carelessness. These are examples of a not reliable test

4. Practicality

   • The relationship between available resources for the test and the use of the test
     • It's divided in four sections
       • Cost
         • The test should not be too expensive
       • Time
         • The test shouldn't be too long or too short
       • Administration
         • Not too complicated or complex to conduct
       • Scoring/ Evaluation
         • It should fit into the time allocation and accompanied with scoring rubrics

5. Face Validity

   • Teacher does the test thinking of students
     • Teacher puts questions on the test that they have already seen throughout the course
       • Questions are clear and there is no suprises.
         • Washback
           • Feedback at the end of the test.
             • Positive: Encourages students and also they will know what they got wrong and why
             • Negative: Teacher only gives back test and doesn't tell them what they got wrong

6. Razo Espinoza Araceli Gaxiola Bojorquez Isela September 20th, 2015

7. Author: Alderson J. Charles