Language Assessment

Name   : Umi Kalsum Ilham Npm     : 03061811022 Subject : Language Assessment                                     Summary BEYOND TESTS : ALTERNATIVES IN ASSESSMENT         In the public eye, tests have acquired an aura of infalibility in our culture of mess peoducting everything, including the education of school children. Everyone wasis or everything, especially if the test is chcap, quickly administered, snd scored Caneously, But we saw in Chapteri while the standardized test industry bas become a powerful joggernaut of influence on decisions abous people's aves, a abo has conse under severe criticism from the public (Kotun, 2000). A more bak anced viewpoint is offered by Bailey (1998, p. 204): "One of the disturbing things about tests is the extent to w...

Assigment 7 “Standard Bassed Assessment” A history of standardized testing in the United States reveals that during most of the decades in the middle of the twentieth century, standardized tests enjoyed a popularity and growth that was almost unchallenged. Standardized instruments brought with them convenience, efficiency, and an air of empirical science. In schools, for example, millions of children could be led into a room, seated, armed with a lead pencil and a score sheet, and almost instantly assessed on their achieve- ment in subject-matter areas in their curricula. Standardized test advocates' utopian dream of quickly and cheaply assessing students across the country soon became a political issue, and would-be office holders to this day promise to "reform" education with tests, tests, and more tests. CASAS AND SCANS At the higher levels of education (colleges, community colleges, adult schools language schools, and workplace settings), standards-based assess...

Assigment 6 Ellicitation Mode Oral (Student Speaks) • Word • Pair of words sentence (s) • Conversation Written (Student writes) • Word • Pair of words sentence (s) • Article • Recording of conversation