ASSESSMENT TESTING AND EVALUATION
SEE IF SS MEET A STANDARD
HELP SS LEARNING
CHECK PROGRAM OR CURRICULUM FUNCTION
It measures the results of student performance.
TESTING
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Grammar
It looks at whether your test results accurately reflec the student,s performance.
Test Reliability
The result does not give any information about individual performance, Only a comparison with other students' performances
Norm reference testing
IT DECIDES ON A PARTICULAR BASIS, E.G. IT WANTS THE TOP 20% OF CANDIDATES
REASON: COMPARE STUDENTS WITH EACH OTHER
Concerned about the process and qualitative data
Assessment
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Pronunciation
The quality of any test regarding its administration.
Practicality
We test things that give us an indication of the
student's performance.
Indirect testing
Instead of using the assessment to grade the student, we use it to see where the student needs more assistance.
Reason: To help the student's learning
From the assessment process what is "quantitative" data
Results, numbers, percentage
What is the meaning of "vulture" in the second paragraph
Vocabulary
Effect that a final test has on the teaching programme that leads to it.
Backwash
Forms of evaluation
Formative, summative (congruent)
Large organisations, like international examining boards, have certain standards of proficiency that students must meet.
Reason: To see if students meet a particular standard
It sees testing as a useful tool, but also thinks there are other important criteria for assessing someone's performance.
Evaluation
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Listening compherension
It means does the test test what it's supposed to test and nothing else?
Construct Validity
We ask the student to perform what we want to test.
Direct testing
If teachers identify a common problem across all schools or groups, the institution may decide to alter the whole program or curriculum
To check if the teaching programme is doing its job
From the assessment process what is "qualitative" data
Process, attitudes, how, why.
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Writing
Does a test test what it ls supposed to test?
Content Validity
The result tells you about what the individual student can do, and does not compare him/her with other students.
Criteria Referenced testing