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Proficiency Testing - designed to measure people's ability in a
language
Achievement testing - directly related to language courses in
order to establish how successful students or courses are in
achieving objectives
Diagnostic Testing - Used to identify learners' strengths and
weaknesses
Placement Testing - Intended to provide information that will help
to place a student at the stage or place in a program most
appropriate for a student's abilities
Discrete point testing - Refers to testing one element at a time;
item by item
Integrative testing - combines many language elements in the
completion of a task
Norm referenced testing - a test which relates one candidate's
performance to that of other candidates (Norm= avg score) We
, are not told directly what the student can do in the language.
Examples: ACT, SAT, LSAT, GRE. Scores plotted on bell curve
Criterion referenced testing - testing which classifies people
according to whether they can perform some task or set of tasks
(ie achieve a certain score) satisfactorily. Examples; annual ELP
tests, such as WIDA or ELPA
Portfolio assessment - a selective collection of student work,
teacher observations, and self-assessment that is used to show
progress over time about specific criteria.
Authentic Assessment - procedures for evaluating student
achievement or performance using activities that represent
classroom goals, curricula, and instruction or real life
performance. Role plays, discussion groups, presentations,
teacher observation, portfolios (versus objective assessments-
multiple choice, etc)
Formative assessment - ongoing diagnostic assessment providing
information to guide instruction
Performance Assessment - assessment tasks that require students
to construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate
applications of knowledge
Summative assessment - culminating assessment for a unit,
grade level, or course of study providing a status report on