Types of Test

Tamar Mikeladze

Doctoral Student of Telavi State UniversityEnglish Language Teacher at Telavi State University

2008

Types of Test according to:

test purpose (or use for which they are intended)

score interpretation /frame of reference

test construction scoring procedure

test format

Types of tests according to test purpose (or use for which they are intended)

Proficiency test to measure people’s ability

in a language regardless of any training they may have had.

Achievement testto measure how much of the

language taught during a period of time has been learned.

Diagnostic testto identify students’

strengths and weaknesses and to ascertain further teaching plan.

Placement testto place students at the

stage or class appropriate to their abilities.

Aptitude testto predict a student’s

future success, potential, capability in language learning.

Types of tests according to score interpretation/frame of reference

Norm-referenced testing

Criterion-referenced testing

performance is measured not

with relation to teaching

objectives, but with relation

to group ranking.

performance is measured not with relation to others’ scores, but with relation to criteria for a particular

unit of learning.

Types of tests according to test construction

Direct testing Indirect testing

to measure one’s ability

directly in an authentic

context and format.

to measure the abilities

which underlie the skills in

which we are interested.

Types of tests according to scoring procedure

Objective testing

Subjective testing

can be scored with

reference to a scoring

key and with no subjective

judgment.

will be scored on

an individual

basis with scorer’s opinion

or judgment.

Types of tests according to test format

Discrete-point testing

Integrative testing

to test single element

of language or

skill at a time.

to test two or more

(often a number of)

skills or features of

language together.

Power test to measure the level of performance with sufficient

difficulty and ample time to complete.

Speed testto measure the level of performance with many easy test

items and a time limit. Computer adaptive testing

using computer to present test content and can match individual testee’s ability.

Standardized testTest that has been experimentally evaluated and found

valid and reliable.

Table of Types of Test/worksheet I

Types of Test and Features of Test

Proficiency Test

Aptitude Test

Achievement Test

Diagnostic Test

Norm-referenced

Criterion-referenced

Objective testing

Subjective testing

Discrete-point test

Integrative test

Table of Types of Test/worksheet II

Types of Test and Features of Test

Proficiency Test

Aptitude Test

Achievement Test

Diagnostic Test

Norm-referenced

Criterion-referenced

Objective testing

Subjective testing

Discrete-point test

Integrative test

Direct testing

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