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1. Content validityu) A type of scoring which does not require the personal judgement of the examiner.2. Fresh startsn) In contrast to proficiency tests, these are directly related to languagecourses. Their purpose is to establish to what extend students haveachieved the course objectives. There are two kinds: final achievementtests and progress achievement tests.3. Face validity m) A type of marking that assesses one candidate’s performance inrelation to the cohort’s performance in that specific test. E.g. DELTAmodule 1 exam.4.Concurrent validity q) Established when the test and the criterion are established at thesame time. E.g. Allowing 30 minutes for a speaking test to providespeakers with the necessary time to cover all speaking skills listed inthe criterion.5.Predictive validity v) The degree to which a test can provide information on candidate’sfuture ability and performance. E.g. how well a proficiency test couldpredict a candidate’s future performance at university.6. Integrative testse) The effect of testing on teaching and learning, in
particular
, theteaching and learning on the
course
, not in real life! E.g. a multiplechoice exam to test writing skills will take up lots of time preparing for the multiple-choice and not the teaching of writing skills in a course.7.Subjective markingd) Refers to the testing of one element at a time. This may take the formof a series of questions testing specific grammatical structures.8.Objective markingo) A test is said to have this if its content constitutes a representativesample of the language, skills, structures with which it is meant to beconcerned. These will depend on the
purpose
of the test.9.Norm-referencing p) A test is said to have this if it looks like and tests what it is meant to.For example a test that is intended on testing pronunciation ability anddoes not involve a speaking element will not have this.10.Positive/negativebackwashh) A type of test that requires the taker to combine many differentlanguage elements in order to complete a task.11. Indirect testsk) A test intended on providing information that will help place thestudents’ level and assign students to different levels.12. Diagnostic testsc) Testing which is used to check on the progress of students to seehow far they have mastered what they have learned.13. Discrete-pointtesting j) A type of scoring which include the personal judgement of theexaminer.14. Direct testsb) A test designed to differentiate students in their ability and thereforesuitability for a particular course, e.g. SAT tests in the US.15. Placement testsr) At test that attempts to test the abilities that underlie a skill in which
the tester is interested. E.g. asking students to identify erroneous or inappropriate formal language in a range of examples.16. Progress testw) usually used in the middle of a course to ascertain to what extent arethe course objectives being met and to measure the students' progress.17. Barrier testst) A question that requires a learner to provide a specific piece of information in order to complete it.18. Achievement testsi) The inclusion of a wide range of question types in order to give thetaker of an exam different conditions under which to prove his/her ability.19: Proficiency testsa) Used at the end of a term, semester or course to measure what hasbeen achieved by individuals and groups.20. Open questiontypeg) A question that puts fewer restrictions on learners, who can choosethe items with which they complete the question.21. Closed questiontypel) A test that is direct requires the taker to perform precisely the skill thetest wishes to measure.22. Formativeassessments) A type of test used to identify a learner’s strengths and weaknesses.They are used to ascertain what learning needs to take place.23. Sumativeassessmentf) Designed to measure someone’s ability in a language regardless of any training that they may have received previously and not based onthe content of objectives of any course.
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