Assessment Tools in Language Class

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Assessment Tools In Language Classrooms
Balkh University Literature Humanities
Faculty English Department

• Authentic Assessment
• Ahmad Nasim Khoshgowar
• November 2011

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Questions

• What are some authentic assessment tools?
• What properties should a test have?

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Summative
Formative
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Formative Assessment Tools

• Observation
• During classroom teaching
• Portfolio
• Collection of students work
• Self-assessment
• Students take care of their learning

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• Peer-assessment
• Partner's evaluation
• Interview-based
• Discussing strength and weakness
• Performance-based
• Giving a task to students

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• Curriculum-based
• questions prepared in-time
• testing curriculum objectives
• Inquiry-based
• Display vs. referential questions
• Journals
• Free writing about an assigned
• topic

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Properties of a Test

• Practicality
• Time constraints
• Ease of administration, scoring, and
  interpretation
• Norm-referenced vs. criterion-referenced
• Reliability 100 100
• Dependable 100 100
• Consistent
• Subjective vs. objective scoring

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• Validity
• To measure what is intended
• Backwash
• Positively influence teaching
• Spin-off
• Should indicate strength and weakness of students.

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Conclusion

• Authentic assessment tools (observation,
  portfolio, self-assessment, peer-assessment,
  interview, performance-based, curriculum-based,
  inquiry-based, and journal) are highly used in
  language classrooms.
• A test should have the properties of
  practicality, reliability, validity, backwash,
  and spin-off.

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