PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS

PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

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Practically: It has an accessible cost and amount of time for a similar outcome and an easier way to evaluate. Example: The test has a duration of 25 minutes minimum.

Subjectivity: Something that we believe but we are not sure about. Example: What teacher believes about a situation.

Objectivity: something we can prove. Example: The evidence is an exam.

Reliability: Focus on the classroom and test conditions. Administrators: Focus on dealing with learning procedures. Students: Being active and interested in the topics and tasks to be performed. Inter-rated reliability: Poor score due to carelessness or poor handling of exams. Intra-rated reliability: The score is not clear because the examinator gives inconsistent scores, it is scored through a judgment.

Validity: Depends on 3 aspects:Students must be evaluated by: age, level, topics.Context: physical, geographical, and social area. Nature of knowledge: It varies depending on the subject. Example: Content Validity: You can identify content related evidence observationally if you can clearly define their achievement that you are measuring. Direct testing: Involves the test-taker in performing the target task. Indirect testing: Learners are not performing the task itself but rather a task that is related in some way.

Validity: Depends on 3 aspects:Students must be evaluated by: age, level, topics.Context: physical, geographical, and social area. Nature of knowledge: It varies depending on the subject. Example: Content Validity: You can identify content related evidence observationally if you can clearly define their achievement that you are measuring. Direct testing: Involves the test-taker in performing the target task. Indirect testing: Learners are not performing the task itself but rather a task that is related in some way.

Criterion- Related Validity usually falls into one two categories:Concurrent validity: Specifies the amount of agreement and requires coordination between assessments. Predictive validity: Shows how effectively a certain measure can predict future performance. Example: A placement test if you want to measure your level in a language.

Face Validity

Consequential Validity

Construct Validity

is used to determine how certain a test measures what is supposed to evaluate

refers to the positive or negative social effects

refers that the students distinguish the test to be effective

EXAMPLE: Improve students learning and motivation

EXAMPLE: IQ tests are supposed to measure intelligence

EXAMPLE: Survey researcher hypothesis (distinguish characteristics of one group from differents groups)

Authenticity

Washback

includes an organization for the student´s assessment with a designed rubric that will be evaluated. Also, the language must be natural, relevant with real world tasks

Feedback effects before taking the test

EXAMPLE: the teacher inspires or discourages the test- takers with a feedback

EXAMPLE. Performance of skills, or demonstrating used of a particular knowledge