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Writing Effective Test Items: The Definitive Guide

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Difficult Job It is not easy to construct a good test to measure what you want. Writing good effective test items is a difficult job as it needs much practice and experience and there are many things to be considered to create good test items. A Valuable Resource...
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12 Characteristics Of A Good Language Test

Characteristics of a Good Language Test
A Good Language Test Should Be: 1- Valid: It means that it measures what its composer supposes to measure. It tests what it ought to test. E.g. the test which measures control of grammar should have no difficult lexical items. 2- Reliable: If it is taken again by...
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A Checklist For Creating A Quality Language Test

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Creating a good language test demands great care and responsibility on the part of the teachers. Most teachers want only to puzzle their students with tests. It isn’t right because tests should be created well to reflect the real level of students, not teachers’ own expectations. So, the...
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16 Tips To Prepare A Good Language Test

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How to prepare a good language test? Here is a list of 16 tips to consider when you are about to prepare your test. 1- Determine the purpose of the test. 2- Define the content area to be tested. 3- Choose and prepare appropriate and relevant items. 4-...
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Top 5 Characteristics Of A Good Language Test

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A good language test should have a positive effect on learning and teaching. Such a test should aim at specifying areas of difficulty. The whole class or individual students may experience so additional practice and corrective exercises should be given. A good language test should also measure students’...
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