PRINCIPLES OF

LANGUAGE
ASSESSMENT

Lecturer : Jelita, M.Pd

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PRACTICALITY
An effective test is practical. This means that it:
- is not excessively expensive
- stays within appropriate time constraints
- is relatively easy to administer
- has a scoring/evaluation procedure that is
specific and time-efficient
 RELIABILITY

Student • Fatigue, Test • Unreliability may also result

Related • Bad Day, Administration from the conditions in which
Reliability • Anxienty the test is administered.
Reliability

• Sometimes the
Rater • Inter-rater Reliability, Test nature of the test
Reliability • Intra-rater Reliability Reliability itself can cause
measurement
errors.
 VALIDITY

Content-Related Evidence Construct-Related Evidence

(Content Validity)
A construct is any theory, hypothesis, or model that attempts
If a test actually samples the to explain observed. phenomena in our universe of
subject matter about which perceptions. Constructs mayor
conclusions are to be may not be directly or empirically measured-their verification
drawn, and if it requires the test- often requires inferential data.
taker to perform the behavior
that is being measured, it can
claim content-related evidence
Criterion-Related Face Validity
of validity.
Evidence
The Face validity refers to the
degree to which a test looks right, and appears to measure
extent to which the the knowledge or abilities it claims to measure, based on the
"criterion" of the test has subjective judgment of the examinees who
actually been reached. take it and the administrative personnel who decide on its
use.
 AUTHENTICITY
In a test, authenticity may be 'present . in the following ways:

 The language in  Some thematic

the test is as organization to items
natural as  Topics are is provided, such as
possible. meaningful through a story line
(relevant, or episode.
interesting) for
 Items are the learner.  Tasks represent, or
contextualized closely approximate,
rather than real-world tasks.
isolated.
 WASHBACK

Washback generally refers to the

effects the tests have on instruction
in terms of how students
prepare for the test
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