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Types of Test and Testing

The document discusses different types of tests according to purpose, score interpretation, construction, scoring procedure, format, and other features. Tests can be categorized as proficiency tests, which measure ability regardless of training; achievement tests, which measure learning over a period of time; diagnostic tests, which identify strengths and weaknesses; placement tests, which place students at an appropriate level; or aptitude tests, which predict future success. Tests also differ in whether performance is measured against other students or criteria, whether scoring is objective or subjective, and whether content is tested discretely or integratively.

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Types of Test and Testing

The document discusses different types of tests according to purpose, score interpretation, construction, scoring procedure, format, and other features. Tests can be categorized as proficiency tests, which measure ability regardless of training; achievement tests, which measure learning over a period of time; diagnostic tests, which identify strengths and weaknesses; placement tests, which place students at an appropriate level; or aptitude tests, which predict future success. Tests also differ in whether performance is measured against other students or criteria, whether scoring is objective or subjective, and whether content is tested discretely or integratively.

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Types of Test

2008

Tamar Mikeladze
Doctoral Student of Telavi State University
English Language Teacher at Telavi State University

Types of Test according to:

test purpose

(or use for which they are intended)

score interpretation
/frame of reference

test construction
scoring procedure
test format

Types of tests according to test


purpose (or use for which they are
intended)

Proficiency test
to measure peoples ability
in a language regardless
of any training they may
have had.
Achievement test
to measure how much of the
language taught during a
period of time has been
learned.
Diagnostic test
to
identify
students
strengths
and
weaknesses
and
to
ascertain further teaching
plan.

Placement test
to place students at the
stage or class
appropriate to their
abilities.

Aptitude test
to predict a students
future success,
potential, capability in
language learning.

Types of tests according to score


interpretation/frame of reference

Normreferenced
testing

performance is measured not


with relation to teaching
objectives, but with relation
to group ranking.

Criterionreferenced
testing

performance is measured
not with relation to others
scores, but with relation
to criteria for a particular
unit of learning.

Types of tests according to test


construction

Direct testing

to measure ones ability


directly in an authentic
context and format.

Indirect
testing
to measure the abilities
which underlie the skills in
which we are interested.

Types of tests according to scoring


procedure

Objective
testing
can be scored with
reference to a scoring

key and with no subjective


judgment.

Subjective
testing

will be scored on
an individual

basis with scorers opinion


or judgment.

Types of tests according to


test format

Discrete-point
testing
to test single element
of language or
skill at a time.

Integrative
testing
to test two or more
(often a number of)
skills or features of
language together.

Power test
to measure the level of performance with sufficient
difficulty and ample time to complete.

Speed test
to measure the level of performance with many easy test
items and a time limit.

Computer adaptive testing


using computer to present test content and can match
individual testees ability.

Standardized test

Test that has been experimentally evaluated and found


valid and reliable.

Table of Types of Test/worksheet I


Types of Test and
Features of Test

Proficiency
Test

Aptitude
Test

Achievement
Test

Norm-referenced
Criterion-referenced
Objective testing
Subjective testing
Discrete-point test
Integrative test

Diagnostic
Test

Table of Types of Test/worksheet II


Types of Test and
Features of Test
Norm-referenced

Proficiency
Test

Aptitude
Test

Achievement
Test

Criterion-referenced
Objective testing

Subjective testing
Discrete-point test

Integrative test
Direct testing

Diagnostic
Test

Thank you

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