5 “B”

Principles of Language Assessment Practicality

Students: Carrillo Danny, Mendoza Daniela, Rodriguéz
Jean Pierre, Sosa Emily, Torres Nicolás
Table of contents

01. 02. 03.

Definition/
Characteristic 1 Characteristic 2
Example
Not excessively Appropriate
expensive Time Constraints

04. 05.
06.
Characteristic 3 Characteristic 4
Assessment
Easy to score /
Easy to administer Exit ticket
evaluate
 DEFINITION
What is it?
It's simple, it's the practical form of assessment
EXAMPLE
A student learning the English language.
How could we improve his learning?
Have the student speak with native English
speakers.
 Not excessively
02 expensive
Assessment could be expensive in terms of:

Money Time Effort

 03
Appropriate Time Constraints

Emily Sosa
Setting time is essential

Student focus on Reduces

Put knowledge
solving the administrative costs.
into practice
assessment
 some errors can occur…..
01.
Speededness in testing

01. A large number of examinees

cannot complete the assessment 02.

02. Test takers do not have enough time

to consider each question

03.

03. They have lower grades

Other factors to be considered?
What happens if the time is Would Eliminating Time
increased ? Limits Reduce Test Anxiety?

High-scoring test takers tended to benefit Students do better on tests that match
more than lower-scoring students their time management style.
4. Easy to administer
Assessment is a constant cycle of improvement
“Administering an assessment is the process whereby
the Educator or Organization Administrator makes
the Assessment available to Learners and facilitates
the Learner taking the Assessment”

Administering an assessment
Before giving an assessment teacher must

1. 3.
Clearly define and Analyze the results of
identify the learning the outcomes assessed
outcomes

2. 4.
Select appropriate Adjust or improve
assessment measures programs following the
and assess the learning results of the learning
outcomes outcomes assessed
Easy to score /
evaluate 05
If it takes 3-4 hours to grade what you've
prepared, is it practical or not?
In order to be practical
it has to have a
scoring procedure that
is specific and time-
efficient
What types of What are the best How long should I
questions to words for instructions? do the assessment?
include?
Quest. 1 Quest. 2 Quest. 3

Result
This will determine how does it gonna take you
to score the activity, and if it is time - efficient
 Assessment
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Sources
Brown, H. D. (2004). Language Assessment: Principles and
Classroom Practices. San Francisco , Estados Unidos:
Longman.
https://evelintampubolon.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/h-_dougl
as_brown_-_language_assessment.pdf

Bridgeman, B. (2004). Testing and Time Limits. ETS. h

ttps://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RD_Connections1.pdf

Wang, A. (2019). How to determine the best length for your

assessment.
https://edulastic.com/blog/how-to-determine-the-best-length-for-
your-assessment/
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