Principles of language assessment

What is practicality?

• A test is effective

• A test has a good methodology

• A test is easy to administer

A test is consistent and dependable. This concept is...

• Validity

• Reliability

• Practicality

Human error, subjectivity, and bias may enter into the scoring process. This concept is _____

• Validity

• Washback

• Rater reliablility

This happens when two or more scorers yield inconsistent scores of the same test.

• Inter-rater reliability

• Intra-rater reliability

• Test administration reliability

This concept talks about outside noise, photocopying, temperature, etc.

• Test reliability

• Rater reliability

• Test administration reliability

This concept talks about the extent to which inferences made from assessment results are appropiate, meaningful, and useful in terms of the purpose of the assessment.

• Washback

• Validity

• Reliability

What is content validity?

• When a test measures the four skills selected by the school administration.

• When a test measures abilities seen in other similar tests.

• When a test measures what was seen in the subject.

In an _____ _______ learners are not performing the task itself but rather a task that is related in some way

This kind of validity becomes important in the case of placement tests

• Concurrent validity

• Predictive validity

• Cirterion-related evidence

This kind of validity refers to the degree to which a test looks right.

• Face validity

• Predictive validity

• Concurrent validity