Delta Assessment and Testing Complete Exam with Questions and Answers
(2025-2026)
Analytic scoring - ✔✔✔-Different skills are marked separately and each skill is divided into
components eg. listening: spelling, comprehension.
Aptitude test - ✔✔✔-to test natural ability to learn a language e.g. pronunciation - ability to
imitate/distinguish the sounds in an unknown language
Backwash - ✔✔✔-The effect that the test has on the teaching programme LEADING UP to it.
Can be positive or negative.
+ More motivations, does homework...
- learning only for the test, lacking functional communicative language
Construct validity - ✔✔✔-The extend to which the tests and questions allow you to measure
what you seek to measure. (and nothing else)
Content Validity - ✔✔✔-Content tests what it actually sets out to test. Need to select items that
are representative of a student's ability to know/use the language.
Criterion-Referenced Testing - ✔✔✔-To classify people according to whether or not they are
able to perform some task or set of tasks satisfactorily. Measured against a set of meaningful
criterion.
eg. FCE speaking test
Diagnostic Test - ✔✔✔-Use at the beginning of a course to find out what the students know and
what they don't know. More finely tuned than a placement test. Based on test results the
teacher or course planner can then ensure that the course content is relevant to the students'
needs.
Direct test - ✔✔✔-the test that employs tasks that replicate real life activities.
(2025-2026)
Analytic scoring - ✔✔✔-Different skills are marked separately and each skill is divided into
components eg. listening: spelling, comprehension.
Aptitude test - ✔✔✔-to test natural ability to learn a language e.g. pronunciation - ability to
imitate/distinguish the sounds in an unknown language
Backwash - ✔✔✔-The effect that the test has on the teaching programme LEADING UP to it.
Can be positive or negative.
+ More motivations, does homework...
- learning only for the test, lacking functional communicative language
Construct validity - ✔✔✔-The extend to which the tests and questions allow you to measure
what you seek to measure. (and nothing else)
Content Validity - ✔✔✔-Content tests what it actually sets out to test. Need to select items that
are representative of a student's ability to know/use the language.
Criterion-Referenced Testing - ✔✔✔-To classify people according to whether or not they are
able to perform some task or set of tasks satisfactorily. Measured against a set of meaningful
criterion.
eg. FCE speaking test
Diagnostic Test - ✔✔✔-Use at the beginning of a course to find out what the students know and
what they don't know. More finely tuned than a placement test. Based on test results the
teacher or course planner can then ensure that the course content is relevant to the students'
needs.
Direct test - ✔✔✔-the test that employs tasks that replicate real life activities.
