How to Evaluate a Test
Testing and assessment is the process of determining the extent to which students achieve instructional objectives. It is a scheme for collecting evidence of what learners accomplish through process of teaching and judge the direction and extent of changes. Testing is a continuous process and forms an integral part of the total system of education and in vary closely related to educational objectives.
The purpose of this evaluation is to make provisions for guiding the growth of the learners to diagnose their strengths and weakness and point out areas where remedial measure are devised. It makes a judgment on the quality or worth of an educational program or students’ achievements and provides for a subsequent modification of curriculum. Also, teachers have a key role to play in the curriculum renewal and development process. According to the types of information they provide to decide a test is suitable for a particular purpose. An achievement test is supposed to learn what progress students make during the course and reveal where the greatest difficulties remain at the end of the course so that future courses may give more attention in these areas.
In this assignment, we aim to investigate an achievement test with a detailed sample applied in Hanoi University of Industry testing processing.
I. LITERATURE REVIEW:
Language testing (LT) research, one of the areas of inquiry the applied linguistics, has tended to concern itself with providing a model of language ability. Its primary aims are not only to describe and assess the language ability of an individual, but also to construct extensive theory of language test performance. And all language tests are not of the same kind. They differ mainly in terms of design (method) and purpose. According to the purpose of tests, there are placement, diagnostic, aptitude, proficiency and achievement tests. In this paper, we would like to focus on the achievement tests only.
1. Definition of achievement test:
In the
The purpose of this evaluation is to make provisions for guiding the growth of the learners to diagnose their strengths and weakness and point out areas where remedial measure are devised. It makes a judgment on the quality or worth of an educational program or students’ achievements and provides for a subsequent modification of curriculum. Also, teachers have a key role to play in the curriculum renewal and development process. According to the types of information they provide to decide a test is suitable for a particular purpose. An achievement test is supposed to learn what progress students make during the course and reveal where the greatest difficulties remain at the end of the course so that future courses may give more attention in these areas.
In this assignment, we aim to investigate an achievement test with a detailed sample applied in Hanoi University of Industry testing processing.
I. LITERATURE REVIEW:
Language testing (LT) research, one of the areas of inquiry the applied linguistics, has tended to concern itself with providing a model of language ability. Its primary aims are not only to describe and assess the language ability of an individual, but also to construct extensive theory of language test performance. And all language tests are not of the same kind. They differ mainly in terms of design (method) and purpose. According to the purpose of tests, there are placement, diagnostic, aptitude, proficiency and achievement tests. In this paper, we would like to focus on the achievement tests only.
1. Definition of achievement test:
In the