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TESTING and ASSESSMENT

TESTING and ASSESSMENT. Michael Lang Academic Director of AAA Language School. Loose Sleep. Anxious. Worry. Make me feel sick. Unfair. Nervous. Hate them. Avoidance & Denial. ANGER!!. Despair. Frustration.

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TESTING and ASSESSMENT

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  1. TESTING and ASSESSMENT Michael Lang Academic Director of AAA Language School

  2. Loose Sleep Anxious Worry Make me feel sick Unfair Nervous Hate them Avoidance & Denial

  3. ANGER!! Despair Frustration We feel peeved, cheesed off, browned off, disappointed, crestfallen, upset etc. etc.

  4. “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts” Albert Einstein

  5. USEFUL TERMS TEST measuring tool used in an assessment approach ASSESSMENT process of gathering evidence of what Ss can do to provide feedback on Ss’ learning to encourage further development EVALUATION process of interpreting the evidence and making a judgment of a performance to make informed decisions, such as assigning grades or promoting Ss to higher performance levels

  6. “Tests are used in the process of assessing students' knowledge to make judgments, or evaluations” Badger 1992: 7

  7. Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS)

  8. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy – Anderson/Krathwohl 1990 Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS)

  9. WHY WE NEED TO EVALUATE • TO MEASURE Ss’ abilities to see if Ss can enter a course or institution • TO SEE HOW WELL Ss are getting on • TO REWARD Ss with a qualification

  10. BASIC QUESTIONS to ask yourself BEFORE setting a test • WHAT to test? • HOW to test? • WHY is the assessment being made? • WHAT should the assessment CONTAIN? • HOW to INTERPRET the results? • WHAT are the CONSEQUENCES for teaching, learningand administration? • WHAT is the QUALITY of the proposed test material? • TO TEST or NOT TO TEST at all?

  11. DESIGNING A TEST • Assess the test situation • Decide what to test • Balance the elements • Weight the scores • Make the test work

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