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~Predictive validity is...

• the degree to which a test can predict candidates’ future performance.

• if it looks as if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

• established when the test and the criterion are administered at about the same time.

• the degree to which results on the test agree with those provided by some independent and highly dependable assessment of the candidate’s ability

• if the content constitutes a representative sample of the language skills, structures, etc. with which it is meant to be concerned

Face validity is…

• if it looks as if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

• the degree to which a test can predict candidates’ future performance.

• established when the test and the criterion are administered at about the same time.

• the degree to which results on the test agree with those provided by some independent and highly dependable assessment of the candidate’s ability

• if the content constitutes a representative sample of the language skills, structures, etc. with which it is meant to be concerned

Concurrent validity is…

• established when the test and the criterion are administered at about the same time.

• the degree to which results on the test agree with those provided by some independent and highly dependable assessment of the candidate’s ability

• if the content constitutes a representative sample of the language skills, structures, etc. with which it is meant to be concerned

• if it looks as if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

• the degree to which a test can predict candidates’ future performance.

Backwash is…

• the process of gathering data about teaching and students learning

• the stability or consistency of scores over time or across raters

• the effect that tests have on learning and teaching.

• the extent to which the instrument measures what it purports to measure

• eliciting observable behavior from the test taker

Which of the following is not the way of achieving beneficial backwash

• Test the abilities whose development you want to encourage.

• Use direct testing

• Make testing criterion-referenced

• Base achievement tests on objectives

• identify learners’ strengths and weaknesses

Which of the following is not the advantage of multiple choice,

• the scoring can be perfectly reliable.

• Scoring is rapid and economic

• it is possible to include more items than would otherwise be possible in a given period of time.

• it allows the testing of receptive skills without requiring test takers to produce written or spoken language.

• Cheating may be facilitated

Communicative language testing is…

• a reflection of a learner’s experiences in the outside world.

• administered during the learning process with the aim of using the results to improve instruction

• based on activities, and includes teacher-student interaction,student- student interaction, body movement, teamwork, portfolios, and other language requirement and activities.

• designed for the recall of facts and an understanding of concepts

• a systematic acquisition and assessment of information to provide useful feedback about some object

~Which of the followings is the advantage of multiple choice tests?

• The technique tests only recognition knowledge

• Guessing may have a considerable but unknowable effect on test scores

• scoring can be perfectly reliable

• The technique severely restricts what can be tested

• It is very difficult to write successful items

The aim of the Communicative language testing  is…

• the successful completion of the task, irrespective of how that is achieved.

• to test of one element at a time, item by item

• to test precisely the skill that test developers wish to measure

• to measure the abilities that underlie the skills in which we are interested.

• to assess candidate’s performance in comparison to that of other candidates

Which of the followings a disadvantage of short answer tests?

• guessing will (or should) contribute less to test scores;

• the technique is not restricted by the need for distractors (though there have to be potential alternative responses);

• cheating is likely to be more difficult;

• though great care must still be taken, items should be easier to write.

• Scoring is rapid and economic