Language Testing Criteria PDF

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Session 5 Session 1 Session 6 Session 2 Session 7 Session 3 Language Testing Session 4  Session 5 Session 1 Session 6 ü Session 2 Session 7 Session 3 Language Testing Session 4 CONTENTS: Session 02: (Teacher-Centered) Types of tests? Criteria of a good test CONTENTS: Session 02: (Teacher-Centered) Types of tests? Criteria of a good test  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST First: What is a good test?  A GOOD TEST IS.. An evaluation through which teachers measure learner’s abilities and points of weaknesses and strengths. Gauges their knowledge in the field of study and provides both sides with real feedback. A good test should ensure that learners are ready to move to the next step whether this step is a high school, college and so on.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST 1. Validity 2. Reliability 3. Administrability 4. Scorabilty 5. Interpretability 6. Economy 7.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST VALIDITY Validity refers to the extent to which the test serves its purpose or the efficiency with which it measures what it intends to measure.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST VALIDITY Factors that are considered sentence structures to influence the validity of 4. Difficulty of items tests in general. (Gronlund, 5. Construction of test 1981) items 1. Appropriateness of test 6. Length of the test items 7. Arrangement of items 2. Directions 8. Patterns of answers 3. Reading vocabulary and  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST RELIABILITY Reliability means consistency. Test reliability refers to the consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested by the same test or by an equivalent form of the test. (Anastasi, 1977)  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST RELIABILITY FACTORS THAT AFFECT RELIABILITY (Gronlund, 1981): 1. Length of the test 2. Difficulty of the test 3. Objectivity  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST ADMINISTRABILITY A good test can be administered with ease, clarity and uniformity. Test procedures are standardized so as to achieve uniformity of procedure in administering the test. Testing conditions are controlled in such a way that they are the same for all examinees. This is done so that the scores obtained by them are comparable.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST SCORABILITY A good test is easy to score. Test result should be easily available to both the student and the teacher so that proper remedial and follow-up measures and curricular adjustments can be made.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST INTERPRETABILITY The results can be useful only when they are properly evaluated. However , they can only be evaluated after they are interpreted. If they are interpreted correctly and applied, they can be useful in sound education decisions.  CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST ECONOMY Tests should be economical. They should not burden the teacher who has to spend her time in many other teaching and non- teaching functions. THANK YOU!