TESTING

Assessment: What do the students know?What have the students learned?What do students need?What have students learned?Has the instruction been effective? Is the test designed appropriately?

TYPES OF TESTS Placement tests

Designed to place students in levels of instruction: beginner, intermediate, advanced

Assess 4 language skills: Reading, Writing, Grammar and Listening/Speaking

Diagnostic tests: Diagnose what students need Pre-tests

Achievement tests: Assess what students have achieved Post-tests, progress tests

Proficiency tests: Measure language ability without regard to any course of instruction TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge, SPEAK

A GOOD LANGUAGE TEST Fair: Material taught Valid: Based on what it taught Clear: Easy to read instructions and

questions Easy to grade: Objective with some

subjective grading based on what is being tested

Reliable: Consistent results when given more than one time

Rubric grading: Clear goals for proficiency of language

TYPES OF TESTS Fill-in-the blank Multiple choice Cloze Statement and response Given words True/False Matching Scrambled sentences Dictation Oral interview Group interview Individual and group projects Essay question

WEBSITES

http://www.smc.edu/apps/pub.asp?Q=56 http://

www2.parkland.edu/assessment/studyguide.htm http://

education.uncc.edu/more/StartResources/OnlineRes.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/levels-test-wc.htm

http://www.easyenglish.com/ http://esl.about.com/cs/toefl/a/a_toefl.htm