1. Authenticity
1.1. The more real life, the better, simulate the real- world task
1.1.1. The language in the test is natural as possible.
1.1.2. Items are contextualized rather than isolated.
1.1.3. Topics are meaningful (relevant, interesting) to the learners.
1.1.4. Some thematic organization to items is provided, such as through a story or episode
1.1.5. Tasks represent, or closely approximate, real-world tasks
2. Validity
2.1. Its a test that suppost to test according to what are the class's objetives.
2.1.1. Content Validity
2.1.1.1. The correlation between the contents of the test and the language skills, structures, etc. with which it is meant to be measured has to be clear.
2.1.2. Criterion Validity
2.1.2.1. This kind of validity emphasizes the relationship between the test score and the outcome.
2.1.3. Construct Validity
2.1.3.1. Construct validity shows that the result of the test really represents the same construct with the ability of the students which is being measured
2.1.4. Consequential Validity
2.1.4.1. Consequential validity refers to the social consequences of using a particular test for a particular purpose.
2.1.5. Face Validity
2.1.5.1. A test is said to have face validity if it looks to other testers, teachers, moderators, and students as if it measures what it is supposed to measure
3. Washback/Backwash
3.1. In dealing with principles of language assessment, these two words somehow can be interchangeable.
3.2. The term was back is commonly used in applied linguistics. it is rarely found in dictionaries.
3.2.1. The quality of washback might be independent of the quality of the test
3.3. The influence itself can be positive or negative
3.3.1. Instrinsic motivation, autonomy, self- confidence, language edo, interlanguage and strategic investment.
4. Practicality
4.1. Practicality is present if:
4.1.1. The test is easy to aply
4.1.2. If the cost of the test its cheap
4.1.3. The test its easy to check
4.1.4. The test its solved within the time givcen for it
4.2. Practicality can be simply defined as the relationship between available resources for the test,
4.2.1. cost
4.2.2. time
4.2.3. Administration
4.2.4. Scoring/ Evaluation
5. Reliability
5.1. This test will provide trustable information.
5.1.1. It means that if the test is administered to the same students on different occasions then it produces (almost) the same results.
5.1.1.1. Student-Related Reliability
5.1.1.2. Rater Reliability
5.1.1.3. Test Administration Reliability
5.1.1.4. Test Reliability