assessment that focuses on the organizational components ( grammar, vocabulary of the language

promoting, through feedback or other forms of support, learner development in the abilities being assessed

a process in which test taker must discern sppecified information with a imited quanity of aural input

in a mulltiple choice items, responses used to divert or distract the test takers from the correct response

activities and instruments created by teachers and students that provide evaluative information to be used as feedback on student performance

A method of grading that evaluates the product as a whole to produce one score, as opposed to the evaluating the product by its individual components

an instrument that provides information on the basis of which significant, possiby life-altering , decisions are made baout test-takers

a score on a test-taker's performance is empirically caculated by predetermined measures of achievement of learning objectives

assessment designed on assumption that language can be broken down into its componet parts and that those parts can be tested successfully

give test-takers feedback, usually in the form of grades, on specific course or lesson objectives.

in writing test, a single score indicating the effectiveness of the text in achieving its primary role

instruments in which test-takers receive a set of questions that meet test specifications and that are generally appropriate for their performace level

a test in which each test taker score is interpreted in relation to a mean ( average score, median, standard deviation or percentile rank