Test: Definition, Classification and Quality

What is test? How many types of test are there? Discuss the qualities of a good test. Discuss the difference between test and assessment.

Test is an inevitable element of learning process and plays a significant role especially in language learning.  It is a reliable way by which a teacher can evaluate his or her students' knowledge of something which he/she has taught them. The students also get a chance to prove their skill or competence of what they have learnt. So it is significant for both the learner and the teacher.

Definition of test:

Types of Test:

    1. Placement tests:

    2. Diagnostic Tests:

    3. Progress or achievement tests: 

    4. Proficiency Tests:

Types of test item:

   1. Direct test item: 

   2. Indirect test items

Discrete-point testing and integrative testing:

Characteristics of Good Tests:

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