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Proficiency Test Answer - Designed to measure people's ability in a language
Achievement Testing Answer - (In language courses) it establishes how
successful students or courses are in achieving objectives
Diagnostic Testing Answer - Identifies learners' strengths and weaknesses
Placement Testing Answer - Provides information to help place a student at the
stage/place/program most appropriate for the student's abilities
Discrete Point Testing Answer - Refers to testing one element at a time, item
by item
Integrative Testing Answer - Combines many language elements in the
completion of a task
Norm-Referenced Testing Answer - 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 Answer - Testing that classifies people according
to whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tasks
satisfactorily.
Portfolio Assessment Answer - 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 Answer - Procedures for evaluating student
achievement/performance using activities that represent classroom goals,
curricula, instruction, or real-life performance
Formative Assessment Answer - Ongoing diagnostic assessment providing
information to guide instruction
Performance Assessment Answer - Assessment tasks that require students to
construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate applications of
knowledge
Summative Assessment Answer - Culminating assessment for a unit, grade
level, or course of study providing a status report on mastery or degree of
proficiency according to identified learning outcomes
Scaffolding Answer - Providing contextual supports for meaning during
instruction or assessment such as visual displays, classified lists, or tables or
graphs
Self-Assessment Answer - Allows students to evaluate their own knowledge by
enabling them to see possibilities for reflection, redirection, and confirmation
of their own learning; key to successful portfolio assessment