Types of language tests

1. Aptitude is the natural capability of an individual to perform a certain task successfully without previous knowledge or formation, used to measure the suitability of a candidate for a specific programme of instruction or a particular kind of employment.

2. Norm Referenced

2.1. are designed to review knowledge you have already learned, and assess previous knowledge. achievement tests are confined to a specific subject or area of knowledge and are usually applied when a grade or level of study has finished. So they are limited to some specified material in a given curriculum within a specific time frame.

2.2. Tests based on norms measure the performance of a group of test takers against the performance of another group of test takers. This type of assessment result can used to compare the performance of seventh graders in a parti ular school system to the performance of a broader, and perhaps more diverse (nationally or state-wide), group of seventh graders. Norm referenced tests measure the acquisition knowledge from multiple sources such as syllabi.

3. Aptitude tests

4. Achievement tests

5. Criterion Referenced

5.1. Criterion based tests measure the performance of test takers relative to particular criteria covered in the curriculum. In other words, CRT test scores can be used to determine if the test taker has met program objectives. Criterion referenced tests measure performance on specific concepts and are often used in a pre-test These tests can also be used to determine if curriculum goals have been met.