Kinds of Test and Testing

It is designed to measure people's ability in a language regardless of any training they may have had in that language.

• Proficiency Test

• Placement Test

• Diagnostic Test

• Screening Test

This kind of test is used to identify learners' strengths and weaknesses.

• Proficiency Test

• Achievement Test

• Diagnostic Test

• Placement Test

It is designed to highlight achievement differences between and among students to produce a dependable rank order of students.

• Norm-reference Testing

• Criterion reference Testing

• Objective Testing

• Integrative Testing

A test which provides information that will help to place students at the stage of the teaching programme most appropriate to their abilities.

• Achievement Test

• Placement Test

• Screening Test

• Diagnostic Test

It requires the candidate to perform precisely the skill that we wish to measure.

• Direct Testing

• Indirect Testing

• Discrete point Testing

• Integrative Testing

It is a test in which learners ability or performance are judged by the examiners' opinion and judgment.

• Objective Testing

• Subjective Testing

• Integrative Testing

• Discrete point Testing

It is a test in which one or more testers interact with one or more candidates.

• Paper-and-pencil test

• Face-to-face test

• Computer-based test

• Objective test

The following are examples of objective testing, except?

• Multiple choice

• Essay

• Matching type

• True or false

It is used in order to avoid the expense and loss of time taken to administer longer, more complex tests when they are not necessary.

• Placement Test

• Screening Test

• Proficiency Test

• Achievement Test

It is a test which require the candidate to combine many language element at a time.

• Discrete point Testing

• Integrative Testing

• Direct Testing

• Indirect Testing