Summative assessment is carried out typically at the end of a programme of study to measure progress. What best describes formative testing?
A diagnostic testing procedure aimed at discovering the learners' strengths and weaknesses in order to formulate a programme of study.
Informal assessment procedures used to measure whether the programme is succeeding in its aims.
Formal, often weekly, progress testing during a course which is intended to provide a source of information and reassurance for learners.
Formal and informal assessment procedures employed during the learning process to modify teaching and learning activities and improve student attainment.
Criterion referencing for testing means that ...
... the test measures a learner's ability with respect to a pre-set target level of attainment.
... the test measures how well the learner has acquired the target knowledge and skills on a course.
... the test outcomes will rank learners in terms of their achievement with respect to other learners in the group.
... the test measures the student's current level of ability regardless of any course which they may have taken.
A placement test used to assign students to the correct level of teaching / learning groups is a form of ...
... diagnostic testing.
... proficiency testing.
... aptitude testing.
... progress testing.
Communicative testing involves ...
... assessing the appropriacy of a student's use of language.
... assessing linguistic competence in terms of accuracy of use.
... the assessment of performance rather than competence.
... assessing the efficiency of a student's use of language in terms of conveying messages.
In testing theory, the term practicality, concerns ...
... how easy the test is to mark and administer.
... how logical and understandable the test tasks are.