ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

Assessment contains all these elements except

• Measurement

• Testing

• Evaluation

• Reflection

EVALUATION occurs

• ... when necessary.

• ... at the end of the term.

• .. when practice is needed.

• .. all the time

What is the main aim of an ESL summative test?

• To see how students are progressing in a short period of time.

• To see whether students achieved the objectives in a syllabus.

• To describe what students are capable of doing in the 2nd language.

• To gauge if the students are attentive in class

_________ tests are administered to indicate at what level a learner will learn most effectively.

• Placement/ Preliminary

• Progress

• Summative

• Criterion validity

________ test are administered after certain blocks of study (i.e. at the end of the unit, etc )

• Face validity

• Formative

• Progress

• Placement

What is UNTRUE about summative evaluation?

• It is an assessment for learning.

• It is an assessment of learning.

• It fulfills the objectives of learning

• It shows that students have achieved a standard.

SUBJECTIVE TESTS are based on...

• ...evaluation by an opinion

• ... a teacher's general appreciation of the student.

• neither evaluation by an opinion nor a teacher's general appreciation of the students

• evaluation by giving an opinion and a teacher's general appreciation of the students

EVALUATION is important for decision-making about...

• ... the teaching practice.

• ... the learning process.

• .. the validity of the content, syllabus and program.

• all of the above

ASSESSMENT is helpful to...

• gather data about a learner's level.

• score a learner.

• standardize.

• gather data about a teacher's practice.

____________ is important to ensure consistency and fairness.

• Validity

• Reliability

• Rating

• Creativity