NAME : BUNGA REFIRA (1830104008)

CLASS : TBI 6 A

SUBJECT : LLA

16 March 2021

Characteristics of a Good Test

REALIBILITY
REALIBILITY

VALIDITY

VALIDITY PRACTICAL
VALIDITY PRACTICAL
ITY
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD TEST
 According to Alderson
(1995:5) validity is refers
to the extent to which a
test measures what it is
intended to measure

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Michael (2016:2) According to Hutauruk,
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extent to which the test DEFINITION OF (2015:49) validity is the
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measures what it VALIDITY
VALIDITY measures what it is
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supposed to measure.

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principle of assessment.

EXAMPLES OF
EXAMPLES OF
VALIDITY
VALIDITY
According to Alderson (1995:5) Validity categories include:

 Face validity is the judgement of users of the test, including

aviation subject matter experts, that the test is appropriate to the
domain and target skills.

 Construct validity is the extent to which performance on the

test can be interpreted as a meaningful measure of language
proficiency.

 Content validity is the extent to which test content is a

representative sample of the domain-related language and skills.

 Predictive validity is the extent to which performance on a test

is predictive of subsequent performance in non-test settings.

VALIDITY
VALIDITY
CATEGORIES
CATEGORIES

According to Hutauruk, Bertaria Sonata (2015:51)

1. Content Validity, When we want to find out if the entire content

of the behavior/construct/area is represented in the test we
compare the test task with the content of the behavior.

2. Face Validity, Basically face validity refers to the degree to which

a test appears to measure what it purports to measure.

3. Criterion-Oriented or Predictive Validity, used to predict future

or current performance - it correlates test results with another
criterion of interest.

4. Concurrent Validity, the degree to which the scores on a test are

related to the scores on another, already established, test
administered at the same time, or to some other valid criterion.
available at the same time.
 Hutauruk, Bertaria
Sonata.2015. A
Compilation Material of
English Language Testing. Alderson, J.C., Clapham, C. &
Pematang Siantar: HKBP Wall, D.1995. Language Test
Bush, Michael.2016. Construction and Evaluation
Differences between ‘Group’ Cambridge: Cambridge
and ‘Team’. Nigeria: Delta University Press
State University

REFERENCES

Question : What should we do to

ensure the validity of a test? And what
is the solution if the ‘

test is invalid?