1. Fail me but do it fairly

2. What makes high quality assessment?
What is the main question to answer according to MM?
How does the assessment affect students’ learning?

3. What makes high quality assessment?
What are the criteria according to MM?
Clear/appropriate targets
Appropriate assessment methods
Validity
Reliability
Fairness
Positive Consequences
Practicality and Efficiency
Which of these is the most important?
When these criteria are met we have beneficial backwash.

4. Appropriate Assessments - Matching
Do you agree with these ratings? Why or why not?

5. Scenarios
Objective: Students will be able to conjugate the present tense correctly in simple conversations related to their family.
What kind of assessment would you use?
Objective: Students will grasp the differences between North American cultural perspective on time and the Mexican perspective on time.
What kind of assessment would you use?

6. Types of tests - Goals Proficiency test
Tests general skill in language.
What is proficiency?
Sufficient skill to use lang. in particular setting/way
Could you be a UN translator?
I hear, there’s a test for that.

7. Types of tests - Goals Achievement Test
Directly related to lang. course
Final or Progress
Two approaches,
Syllabus/content OR
Course Objectives
Benefits, forces us to have good objectives,
Over time benefits students

8. Types of tests - Goals Diagnostic Placement
What you don’t know can hurt you.
Super long
Examples???
What class should I take?
Similar to what other test?
Like achievement test but for several courses
Objectives from several courses

9. Types of tests – Direct/Indirect
What’s might a direct test of speaking look like?
Direct test of listening?
What would an indirect test of speaking be like?

10. Types of tests – Output/Scoring
Norm Referenced
Indirect
What do the results of this kind of test tell you?
How normal or abnormal you are.
What standard you reached.
Examples??????

11. Types of tests – Output/Scoring
What are some examples of each of these?
What is the OPI ob or sub?
Objective
Subjective

12. Fun with Matching F. Norm-referenced G. Subjective
A. This test is used to determine what class students should take.
B. A chapter test is usually what kind of test?
C. Students have taken a test after joining the Marines. It tells the drill sergeant what percentage of students scored below a given recruit.
D. A test in a FL class tells general skill level without regards to other students.
E. A test contains multiple choice items exclusively. It is a(n) _______ test?
E1. These two kinds of tests are similar in their emphasis of course objectives.
F. Norm-referenced
G. Subjective
H. Criterion-referenced
I. Achievement
J. Proficiency
K. Objective
L. Placement

13. Final OPI in
Which of these apply to the above test?
Norm-referenced
Subjective
Criterion-referenced
Achievement
Proficiency
Objective
Placement

14. Activity
In this activity you will examine information about various tests and answer the following questions:
Which of the items to the left apply to a given test?
When would it be appropriate to use this test?
Using the search menu Select a test that sounds interesting and answer the questions above.
Do this for three tests.
You may be asked to share what you found with the class.
Norm-referenced
Subjective
Criterion-referenced
Achievement
Proficiency
Objective
Placement