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Principles of Language assessment, By Group 6 - Coggle Diagram
Principles of Language assessment
Practicality
An effective test is practical. This means that :
it is not excessively expensive,
Stays within appropriate time constraints,
Is relatively easy to administer, and
Has a scoring/evaluation procedure that is specific and time-efficient
Reliability
Test Reliabilit
Test Administration Reliability
Rater Reliability
Student-Related Reliability
A reliable test is consistent and dependable on :
Validity
“The extent to which inferences made from assessment result are appropriate, meaningful, and useful in terms of the purpose of the assessment”
Content-Relate Evidence
Criterion-Related Evidence
Construct-Related Evidence
Consequential Validity
Face Validity
Authenticity
“The degree of correspondence of the characteristics of a given language test task to the features of a target language task”
• Ofers tasks that replicate real-world tasks
• Provides some thematic organization to items, such as through a story line or episode
• Includes meaningful, relevant, interesting topics
• Has items that are contextualized rather than isolated
• Contains language that is as natural as possible
Washback
The effects of an assessment on teaching and learning prior to the assessment itself, that is, on preparation for the assessment.
• Positively influences what and how teachers teach
• Positively influences what and how learners learn
• Offers learners a chance to adequately prepare
• Gives learners feedback that enhances their
language development
• Is more formative in nature than summative
• Provides conditions for peak performance by the learner
By Group 6