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Proficiency Testing CORRECT ANSWERS designed to measure people's ability
Achievement Testing CORRECT ANSWERS directly related to language courses in
order to establish how successful students or courses are in achieving objectives
Diagnostic Testing CORRECT ANSWERS used to identify learners' strengths and
weakesses
Placement Testing CORRECT ANSWERS intended to provide information that will help
to place a student at the stage or place in a program most appropriate to the student's
abilities
Discrete point testing CORRECT ANSWERS refers to testing one element at a time,
item by item
Integrative testing CORRECT ANSWERS combines many language elements in the
completion of a task
Norm-referenced testing CORRECT ANSWERS a test which relates one candidate's
performance to that of other candidates. We are not told directly what the student can o
in the language.
Criterion-referenced testing CORRECT ANSWERS testing which classifies people
according to whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tasks
satisfactorily
Portfolio assessment CORRECT ANSWERS a selective collection of student work,
teacher observations, and self-assessment that is used to show progress over time with
regard to specific criteria
Authentic assessment CORRECT ANSWERS procedures for evaluating student
achievement or performance using activities that represent lassroom goals, curricula,
and instruction or real-life performance
Formative assessment CORRECT ANSWERS ongoing diagnostic assessment
providing information to guide instruction
Performance assessment CORRECT ANSWERS assessment tasks that require
students to construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate applications of
knowledge