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Standardized Language Test

A standardized test is any test where all test takers answer the same questions in a consistent manner to allow comparison of performance between individuals and groups. Standardized language tests aim to be reliable in consistently measuring what they claim to measure, practical to develop and administer, able to discriminate between different performance levels, and include authentic language responses. There are typically six steps to developing a standardized test: determining goals, developing test specifications, creating and evaluating test items, determining scoring and reporting, and continuing further development and refinement.

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Standardized Language Test

A standardized test is any test where all test takers answer the same questions in a consistent manner to allow comparison of performance between individuals and groups. Standardized language tests aim to be reliable in consistently measuring what they claim to measure, practical to develop and administer, able to discriminate between different performance levels, and include authentic language responses. There are typically six steps to developing a standardized test: determining goals, developing test specifications, creating and evaluating test items, determining scoring and reporting, and continuing further development and refinement.

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Standardized Language Test

What is a Standardized Test?


A standardized test is any form of test that
 Requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of
questions from common bank of questions
 Scored in a standard or consistent manner, which makes it possible to
compare the relative performance of individual students or group of
students.

Advantages
1. A ready-made test
2. Administration to large groups can be accomplished
3. It is totally unbiased

Disadvantages
1. It is not always a true reflection of a student's knowledge
2. It assumes all students come from a similar learning background
3. It is a system that can be gamed
4. It is changes school schedules
5. It encourages cheating

Characteristics of Standardized Language Test


1. Reliable
- Reliability is consistency, dependence, and trust.
2. Valid
- The term valid refers to whether or not the test measure what it claims to
measure.
3. Practical
- Practical test is the test that is developed and administered within the
available time and with available resources.
4. Discriminate
- All assessment is based on comparison, either between one student and another,
or between students as they are now and as they were earlier.
5. Authentic
- Authenticity means that the language response that students give in the test
is appropriate to the language of communication.

Developing Standardized Tests


There are primarily about 6 steps in developing a standardized test:
a. Determine the goals
b. Develop the specifications
c. Create and evaluate test items
d. Determine scoring and reporting
e. Continue further development

References:
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/kheangsokheng52/chapter-4-standardized-testing
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http://teaching.about.com/od/assess/a/Standardized-testing

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