Principle in Language Assessment

It relates to the considerations of cost of a test, time allotment, test.

administration, human resource, test construction, and test scoring.

• Practicality

• Validity

• Reliability

• Authenticity

It means

consistency, i.e. consistency in relation to students or test-takers, raters or

scorers, test administration, and the test itself.

• Validity

• Washback

• Authenticity

• Reliability

It refers to how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure.

• Washback

• Authenticity

• Validity

• Reliability

 It deals with the “real word”. Teachers should conduct a test with the test items are likely to be applied in the real context of daily life.

• Validity

• Washback

• Authenticity

• Reliability

refers to the influence, either positive or negative, that an exam has on the way in which students are taught.

• Validity

• Reliability

• Washback

• Authenticity