5 criteria for assessment

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Authenticity

Refers to the degree to which an assessment reflects real-life language use and tasks, as well as the context in which the language is used.

Which from the following statements about authenticity do you agree more with? A. The language is as natural as possible. B. Items are as contextualized as possible. C. Topics and situations are interesting, enjoyable. D.Tasks represent real-world tasks. E. Reading passages are selected from real-world sources that test takers are likely to have encountered or will encountered. F. Listening comprehension sections feature natural language with hesitations, noise, and interruptions.

Bachman (1991) defines authenticity as the appropriateness of a language user’s response to language as communication.

Decide which type of validity does each sentence belong to?

1. Test itself is based on subjective judgment. 2. It measures whether the tests meet the objectives of classroom objectives. 3.It requires the test to be based on theoretical background. 4. It assesses a test-taker’s likelihood of future success (placement test). 5. It requires the test taker to perform the behavior being measured. 6. It appears to measure the knowledge and abilities it claims to measure. 7. Items of the test do not seem to be complicated. 8. Test covers the objectives of the course.

• Face validity;
• Construct validity;
• Content validity

RELIABILITY

Decide with which type of reliability each sentence can be related to? 1. There are ambiguous items in the test. 2.The student is anxious. 3. The teacher is tired but continues scoring. 4. The test is too long. 5. The scores interpret the criteria differently. 6. There is a lot of noise outside the building.

• Test reliability
• Test administration reliability
• Student-related reliability