1. Assessment: What do the students know? What have the students learned? What do students need? What have students learned? Has the instruction been effective? Is the test designed appropriately?

2.  Placement tests  Designed to place students in levels of instruction: beginner, intermediate, advanced  Assess 4 language skills: Reading, Writing, Grammar and Listening/Speaking  Diagnostic tests: Diagnose what students need  Pre-tests  Achievement tests: Assess what students have achieved  Post-tests, progress tests  Proficiency tests: Measure language ability without regard to any course of instruction  TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge, SPEAK

3.  Fair: Material taught  Valid: Based on what it taught  Clear: Easy to read instructions and questions  Easy to grade: Objective with some subjective grading based on what is being tested  Reliable: Consistent results when given more than one time  Rubric grading: Clear goals for proficiency of language

4.  Fill-in-the blank  Multiple choice  Cloze  Statement and response  Given words  True/False  Matching  Scrambled sentences  Dictation  Oral interview  Group interview  Individual and group projects  Essay question

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