- A good test in English language teaching should have —
- Reliability and Validity
- Extraordinarily lengthy questions
- A complex scoring system
- Ambiguous questions
Show answer
Answer: (A) Reliability and Validity
Validity means it measures what it should; reliability means it does so consistently.
- Diagnostic tests are administered to —
- evaluate the effectiveness of teaching
- rank and promote students on the basis of merit
- classify students on the basis of their levels of competence
- find out the weaknesses among students in order to plan remedial work
Show answer
Answer: (D) find out the weaknesses among students in order to plan remedial work
Diagnosis exists so that remedial teaching can follow.
- Validity of a test means that it —
- gives the same result every time
- measures what it is supposed to measure
- can be marked quickly
- is easy for students
Show answer
Answer: (B) measures what it is supposed to measure
A speaking test that asks pupils to write is not valid, however consistent it is.
- Reliability of a test means that it —
- measures what it is supposed to measure
- gives consistent results
- covers the whole syllabus
- separates strong from weak learners
Show answer
Answer: (B) gives consistent results
The same performance should earn the same mark whoever marks it.
- A test given at the end of a course to grade and promote students is called —
- diagnostic
- formative
- summative
- placement
Show answer
Answer: (C) summative
Summative evaluation judges final achievement.
- A test given before a course begins, to put learners in the right group, is a —
- placement test
- proficiency test
- achievement test
- diagnostic test
Show answer
Answer: (A) placement test
A placement test decides where the learner should start.
- Which type of item has the highest objectivity and reliability?
- Essay-type questions
- Objective items such as multiple choice
- Long answer questions
- Project work
Show answer
Answer: (B) Objective items such as multiple choice
Objective items have one right answer and need no marker judgement.
- The chief weakness of essay-type questions is their —
- inability to test organisation
- low reliability and objectivity
- speed of marking
- wide syllabus coverage
Show answer
Answer: (B) low reliability and objectivity
Different examiners award very different marks for the same essay.
- An achievement test differs from a proficiency test because it tests —
- general language ability
- what was actually taught in the course
- the learner’s intelligence
- the teacher’s performance
Show answer
Answer: (B) what was actually taught in the course
Achievement tests are tied to a syllabus; proficiency tests are not.
- "CCE" in school evaluation stands for —
- Clear and Correct Evaluation
- Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
- Curriculum Centred Examination
- Class Controlled Evaluation
Show answer
Answer: (B) Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
Continuous through the year and comprehensive across scholastic and co-scholastic areas.
- Which is the most valid way to test the speaking skill?
- Asking students to write a dialogue
- An oral interview or role-play
- A multiple-choice grammar paper
- A reading comprehension passage
Show answer
Answer: (B) An oral interview or role-play
Speech must be tested by speaking, or the test is not valid.
- A blueprint or table of specifications is prepared in order to —
- decide the marks before the exam is written
- plan the distribution of objectives, content and question types
- shorten the paper
- make the paper harder
Show answer
Answer: (B) plan the distribution of objectives, content and question types
It fixes the shape of the paper before any question is drafted.
More chapters in this subject
- My Relations12 questions
- Freedom12 questions
- Approaches & Methods of ELT15 questions
- The Four Language Skills12 questions
- ICT in Language Teaching25 questions
- Principles of Second Language Teaching12 questions