Testing and Evaluation

________ measures the product of a student's learning while _______ measures the students' abilities as part of a process.

• formative assessment / summative assessment

• summative assessment / formative assessment

• testing / assessment

• assessment / testing

Which of the statements below is NOT correct?

• Validity and reliability are two of the qualities of a good test.

• A test is valid when it measures what it is supposed to test.

• Validity refers to the consistency of the test results.

• A test is reliable when students get similar results in the same conditions.

If a test doesn't reflect students' knowledge or ability to use English, it's not valid. What kind of validity is this?

• construct validity

• content validity

• criterion validity

• face validity

If students are preparing to take a speaking test, their teacher should design many activities in which students get to practice speaking in class before the test.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• The speaking test has a POSITIVE washback effect on students' learning.

• The speaking test has a NEGATIVE washback effect on students' learning.

• The speaking test doesn't have any washback effects on students' learning.

Which of the following statements is correct about Achievement Tests?

• Achievement tests are designed to measure students' overall abilities at the beginning of a course

• Achievement tests are designed to measure how well students have learnt at the end of the course.

• Achievement tests are designed with a purpose of placing students in a level-appropriate class.

• Some examples of achievement tests are TOEIC, IELTS, and TOEFL.

When teachers use multiple-choice questions to test students' global and local comprehension of a written text. Which of following skills is assessed?

• Mostly speaking

• Mostly listening

• Mostly reading

• Mostly writing

When testing receptive skills such as listening or reading, teachers should make excessive demands on students' general and specialist knowledge.

• TRUE

• FALSE