Kinds of test and testing
by Madellynne de Salazar
1. Diagnostic Tests
1.1. identifies strenghts and weakness
2. Placement tests
2.1. places students at a stage
3. Testing
3.1. Direct
3.1.1. perform a specific skill to measure
3.2. Indirect
3.2.1. measure abilities underlie the skills in which we are interested
3.3. Discrete point
3.3.1. one element, item by item
3.4. Integrative
3.4.1. combining many language elemntes to complete a task
3.5. Norm Rereferenced
3.5.1. relating one's performance with others
3.6. Criterion Reference
3.6.1. classify people regarding perfomance succesfully in a task
3.7. Objective
3.7.1. SS shares no judgement
3.8. Subjective
3.8.1. SS shares judgement
3.9. Communicative Language
3.9.1. measuring ability in communication