WGU ELO1 Study Guide Exam with
Complete Q’s and A’s
Proficiency Test - -Designed to measure people's ability in a language
- Achievement Testing - -(In language courses) it establishes how successful
students or courses are in achieving objectives
- Diagnostic Testing - -Identifies learners' strengths and weaknesses
- Placement Testing - -Provides information to help place a student at the
stage/place/program most appropriate for the student's abilities
- Discrete Point Testing - -Refers to testing one element at a time, item by
item
- Integrative Testing - -Combines many language elements in the
completion of a task
- Norm-Referenced Testing - -A test that relates one candidate's
performance to that of other candidates. You are not told directly what the
student can do, just how they stack up against others.
- Criterion-Referenced Testing - -Testing that classifies people according to
whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tasks
satisfactorily.
- Portfolio Assessment - -A selective collection of student work, teacher
observations, and self-assessments that are used to show progress over time
with regard to specific criteria
- Authentic Assessment - -Procedures for evaluating student
achievement/performance using activities that represent classroom goals,
curricula, instruction, or real-life performance
- Formative Assessment - -Ongoing diagnostic assessment providing
information to guide instruction
- Performance Assessment - -Assessment tasks that require students to
construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate applications of
knowledge
Complete Q’s and A’s
Proficiency Test - -Designed to measure people's ability in a language
- Achievement Testing - -(In language courses) it establishes how successful
students or courses are in achieving objectives
- Diagnostic Testing - -Identifies learners' strengths and weaknesses
- Placement Testing - -Provides information to help place a student at the
stage/place/program most appropriate for the student's abilities
- Discrete Point Testing - -Refers to testing one element at a time, item by
item
- Integrative Testing - -Combines many language elements in the
completion of a task
- Norm-Referenced Testing - -A test that relates one candidate's
performance to that of other candidates. You are not told directly what the
student can do, just how they stack up against others.
- Criterion-Referenced Testing - -Testing that classifies people according to
whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tasks
satisfactorily.
- Portfolio Assessment - -A selective collection of student work, teacher
observations, and self-assessments that are used to show progress over time
with regard to specific criteria
- Authentic Assessment - -Procedures for evaluating student
achievement/performance using activities that represent classroom goals,
curricula, instruction, or real-life performance
- Formative Assessment - -Ongoing diagnostic assessment providing
information to guide instruction
- Performance Assessment - -Assessment tasks that require students to
construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate applications of
knowledge
