DELTA: Assessment and Testing Questions
with Correct Answers 2026-2027
Integrative testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
tests a wider knowledge of language ability in certain skills. eg. essay, dictogloss, oral test
Norm-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
aims to test students against each other and thereby determin the top percentage and differe
nt bands within the cohort.
eg. who can move up to the next level
who can enter University
Scorer Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER -
idea that different markers or scorers would give the same marks to the same tests (difficult wi
thin writing and speaking - subjectivity).
need clear guidelines
standardisation
double marking
Test Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER -
Reliable if the same students, with the same amount of knowledge, taking the same test at a d
ifferent time would get more or less the same results.
eg. external exams -
vital that there is not a large discrepancy in the level of difficulty in each examining session.
Test Practicality - CORRECT ANSWER -
How easy it is to administer the test. (materials, time to mark test etc.)
, Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER -
The effect that the test has on the teaching programme LEADING UP to it.
Can be positive or negative.
+ More motivations, does homework...
- learning only for the test, lacking functional communicative language
Spin-Off - CORRECT ANSWER -
The effect a test may have on the learner, teaching, and classroom activities that FOLLOW the
test.
Discrete Item Test - CORRECT ANSWER -
A test that tests if a learner can recognise or produce a specific language item.
eg. gap fills, multiple choice questions
Construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER -
The extend to which the tests and questions allow you to measure what you seek to measure.
(and nothing else)
Face Validity - CORRECT ANSWER -psychological/subjective factor
If the test is perceived by the test taker as being valid. It should appear to be testing what is sa
ys it is testing.
Criterion-Referenced Testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
To classify people according to whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tas
ks satisfactorily. Measured against a set of meaningful criterion.
eg. FCE speaking test
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER -
Extent to which the test measures what it is intended to measure.
with Correct Answers 2026-2027
Integrative testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
tests a wider knowledge of language ability in certain skills. eg. essay, dictogloss, oral test
Norm-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
aims to test students against each other and thereby determin the top percentage and differe
nt bands within the cohort.
eg. who can move up to the next level
who can enter University
Scorer Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER -
idea that different markers or scorers would give the same marks to the same tests (difficult wi
thin writing and speaking - subjectivity).
need clear guidelines
standardisation
double marking
Test Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER -
Reliable if the same students, with the same amount of knowledge, taking the same test at a d
ifferent time would get more or less the same results.
eg. external exams -
vital that there is not a large discrepancy in the level of difficulty in each examining session.
Test Practicality - CORRECT ANSWER -
How easy it is to administer the test. (materials, time to mark test etc.)
, Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER -
The effect that the test has on the teaching programme LEADING UP to it.
Can be positive or negative.
+ More motivations, does homework...
- learning only for the test, lacking functional communicative language
Spin-Off - CORRECT ANSWER -
The effect a test may have on the learner, teaching, and classroom activities that FOLLOW the
test.
Discrete Item Test - CORRECT ANSWER -
A test that tests if a learner can recognise or produce a specific language item.
eg. gap fills, multiple choice questions
Construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER -
The extend to which the tests and questions allow you to measure what you seek to measure.
(and nothing else)
Face Validity - CORRECT ANSWER -psychological/subjective factor
If the test is perceived by the test taker as being valid. It should appear to be testing what is sa
ys it is testing.
Criterion-Referenced Testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
To classify people according to whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tas
ks satisfactorily. Measured against a set of meaningful criterion.
eg. FCE speaking test
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER -
Extent to which the test measures what it is intended to measure.
