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Muhammad Syahid Usman Curriculum Assessment and Testing
Muhammad Syahid Usman Curriculum Assessment and Testing
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2022
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise and gratitude we pray to the presence of God Almighty because with
His mercy, grace, as well as taufik and guidance, we were able to complete the paper
Curriculum: Assessment and Testing. Shalawat and greetings may always be poured
out to the Prophet Muhammad SAW who has saved us from the abyss of destruction
from the dirt of the dust of the currents as we hope for his intercession to reduce
thanks to his guidance and assistance from various parties, either directly or
indirectly.
We are fully aware that in this assignment there are shortcomings, for that we
advance if there are errors and words that are less pleasing.
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LIST OF CONTENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LIST OF CONTENT
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background ............................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER II DISCUSSION
A. Conclusion ............................................................................................... 12
REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Education has a strategic role in educating the younger generation as the hope of
the nation's future, but education in our country is very concerning when compared to
other countries that have experienced very rapid progress in the field of education. In
education, a planned program and learning process is needed in order to achieve the
expected goals. A process, implementation, until the assessment is known as the
curriculum. Judging from the origin of the word, the curriculum comes from the Greek
language which was originally used in the field of sports, namely the word curir which
means runner. In running activities, of course there is a distance that must be covered
from start to finish. The distance between the start and finish is called curere which
means a place to race. On this basis the notion of curriculum is applied in the field of
education. Curriculum can also be interpreted as a planning document that contains the
The curriculum has a very important role in the world of education because the
curriculum is one of the main components in education itself, even education will not
be possible to run well or will not achieve its goals if it is not carried out in accordance
with the curriculum. The curriculum has components that are interrelated with one
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learning system. each component must be related to each other, if one component is
not related, then the curriculum system will be disrupted. Given the importance of the
curriculum in both education and human life, curriculum preparation cannot be done
and will not be able to achieve perfection if the curriculum compilers do not understand
the components of the curriculum. Therefore, in this paper the author tries to discuss
B. Problem Statement
1. How is making decision in testing?
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CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
a. Proficiencies Decision
natural rather than geared to any particular program, they can be used to
compare regional branches of particular language program in short,
b. Placement decision
specific program the test upon which placement decision are should aider be
specifically designed for a given program are aid list carefully examined and
selected to reflex the goal and ability lever in the program. This test usually
c. Diagnostic decision
d. Achievement decisions
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Are central to any language curriculum we are in the business a
say that achievement test is a standardized test for measuring the skill or
diagnostic decisions about their students all the time. To help in developing sound tests
for making important decision, it will begin by explaining a clear cut distinction
between two major families of tests. It is known that the result of language tests can
When test score are interpreted in relation to the performance of a particular group of
NRT to spread the students out along a continuum score (high to low). The
state. The purpose of CRT is to measure the amount of learning that the students
has accomplished on each objective. The students would know in advance what
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types of questions, tasks and content to expect for each objective because the
student’s score is therefore interpreted with the reference to the criterion score,
rather than to the scores of other students. It is designed to enable the test user
or criterion which has been agreed upon. The student must reach this level of
performance to pass the test, and a student’ score is therefore interpreted with
the test user to interpret test score with reference to a criterion level of ability
or domain of content.
The essential difference between these definitions is that the performance of each
student on a CRT is compared to a particular standard called a criterion level. For
example: if the acceptable percent of correct answers were set at 70 percent for passing,
a student who answered 86 percent of the questions correctly would pass. On NRT, a
group has been designated as the norm. For example: Regardless of the actual number
performed better than 84 out of100 students in the group as a whole. The key to
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understanding this difference is implicit in the terms percent and percentile. In
administering a CRT, the principal interest is in how much of the material on the test
is known by the students. Hence the focus is on the percent of material known, that is,
the percent of the questions that the student answered correctly in relation to the
level for passing. In administering an NRT, the concerns are entirely different. Here,
the focus is on how each student’s performance relates to the scores of all the other
students, not on the actual number (percent) of questions that the student answered
correctly.
3. Test Designs
relatively long and to be made up of a wide variety of different item types. An NRT
usually consist of a view subtests on rather general language skills, for example,
reading and listening comprehension, grammar, writing and the other like. These
subtests will tend to be relatively long (30-50 items) and cover a wide variety of
different test items. In comparison, CRTs are much more likely to be made up of
numerous, but shorter subtests. Each of the subtests will usually represent a different
instructional objective for the given course-with one subtest for each objective. For
example, if a course has 12 instructional objective, the CRT associated with that course
tested).
Because of the general nature of what NRTs are testing and usual wide variety of
items, students rarely know in any details what types of items to expect. The students
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might know what item formats they will encounter, for example, multiple-choice
grammar items, but seldom will they be able to predict actual language points. On
CRTs, students should probably know what language points will be tested, as well as
what item types to expect. This table can illustrate those points:
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5. Matching Tests to Decision Purposes
The first column of that table indicates test qualities that very for the four types of
decisions. The decision/test types are labeled across the top of the table and range from
proficiency to placement to achievement to diagnosis. The table indicates:
• First, that there are differences in the degree to which the information provided
by the test is general or specific.
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• Second, the focus of each of these types of tests differs from general skills
prerequisite for the program to very detailed analysis of student’s ability to
perform on instructional objectives.
• Third, these four types of decision/test differ in the purposes of the decisions
for which they were designed.
• Fourth, the types of comparison can range from comparison with other
institutions to direct comparisons of each student’s performance on each of the
course or program objectives.
• Fifth, indicates when the decision/test made.
• Sixth, indicates the interpretation of score of the test results.
6. Adopt, Develop, and Adapt Language Test
a. Adopting language test The tests that are used for program decision are very often
bought from commercial publishing houses. Tests are also sometimes adopted
from other language programs or taken straight from current textbook. Selecting
good tests that match the specific needs of a program is therefore important. Test
review can be found in the review sections of some language teaching journal.
Alternative ways to approach the task of selecting tests for a program might
include:
a. Taking a language testing course
b. Reading up on testing
c. Hiring a person who already know about testing
d. Giving one number of the staff release time to become informed on the topic
b. Developing language test Sufficient resources and expertise will be available in a
program so that proficiency, placement, achievement, and diagnostic tests can be
developed and fitted to the specific goals of the program and to the specific
population studying in it. Decision must be made about which types of the tests to
develop first. It means that developing achievement and diagnostic tests,
temporarily adopting previously published proficiency and placement test.
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c. Adapting language test The process of adapting a test to a specific situation will
probably involve some variant of the following strategy:
a) Administer the test to the students in the program
b) Select those items that appear to be doing a good job of spreading out the
students for an NRT, or a good job of measuring the learning of the objectives
with that population of students.
c) Create a shorter, more efficient, revised version of the test that is fits the ability
level s of the specific population of students
d) Create new items that function like those that were working well in order to
have a test of sufficient length
7. Organizing and Using Test Results
After deciding to adopt, adapt, or develop, or some combination of all three,
curriculum planners must put the tests into place and begin to use them for decision
making.
Firstly, we have to make sure that the purposes of administering the various tests
are clear to the curriculum developers and to the teacher. It means that the purposes
must be clearly defined in both theoretical and practical that are understood and agreed
by a majority of staff.
Second, we have to ensure that all necessary physical conditions for the test have
been met. It means assuring that there is a well-ventilated and quiet place in which to
administer the test and enough time in that space for some flexibility. We also make
sure that students have been notified before the test and should be given information
about where and when the test will be given.
The next step is administering test, before it we have to make sure that there are
adequate materials o hand. All necessary equipment should be handy in good repair.
Proctors must be trained in their duties and have sufficient information to do a
professional job of test administration.
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After the tests have been administered, we should make provisions for scoring.
Again, adequate space and scheduling are important so that quantified staff can be
trained to carry out the scoring of the test.
Interpretation of the results is important. There must be clearly defined purpose for
the result, and provision for helping teachers use scores and explain them to their
students.
The next is about the record keeping. Record keeping is often forgotten in the test
administration. The resources must be provided for keeping track of score. Ready
access to the records is very important for all staff members. Provision must also be
made for eventual destruction of these records.
Last but not least, there should be an ongoing plan for research based on the results.
At minimum, the results should be used to full advantage. It means that the result
should be incorporated into overall program evaluation plan.
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CHAPTER III
CONCLUSION
information about student learning, using the time, knowledge, expertise, and resources
skill, attitudes, and beliefs. It is a tool or method of obtaining information from tests or
other sources about the achievement or abilities of individuals. Often used
The requirements need to make sure the plan going well and the result could be run.
The result of curriculum shoulds cover all the problem and get the full advantage of it.
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REFERENCES
https://library.gordon.edu/curriculum-library.
https://www.wccnet.edu/.
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