Assessment

CLEAR & UNAMBIGUOUS

What is the purpose of your assessment?***************************************To evaluate of overall proficiency?

For placement of Ss?

To measure achievement within a course?

2. What are the Objectives?forms, functions, language abilities?

3. How will the test specification reflect the purpose & objectives?

How will each objective be weighted?

Points 1, 2, & 3 = ‘VALIDITY’

4. How will test tasks be selected & arranged?

• Practical• Mirror tasks practiced previously (Content

VALIDITY)• Should be able to be evaluated reliably(by T or

scorer)• Tasks authentic• Task arrangement biased for best

performance

5. What kind of scoring, feedback is expected?

• Letter grade• Holistic score• T provided Substantive washback

TYPES OF TESTS

• Aptitude• Proficiency-measure performance against a

norm(TOEFL) gate-keeping• Diagnostic-aware of errors & encourage

adoption of compensatory strategies• Placement • Achievement

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

Specifications Determined by• Objectives of Lesson, Unit, Course• Importance assigned to each objective• Tasks employed in lessons of unit/course• Extent to which assessment lends itself to

formative washback• Practicality

Midterm Exam Outline for High-IntSection A VOCABMatch word to definition(5 items)Use words in a sentence(5 items)

Section B GRAMMARError detection-underline/circle error(10 items)

Section C READING COMPREHENSION2 one-paragraph passages(4 short answer items each)

Section D WRITINGRespond to 2 paragraph article about Native Americans

Weddings

PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT

What do you want you Ss:

to be able to do?

to know?

CLASS CONTEXT:

• Intermediate Integrated Skills Class • Emphasis on Social Conversation

OBJECTIVES:1.Performance Elicited (Ss will distinguish

btw /nk/ & /ng/)2.Targeted Linguistic Domain (listening)

Form Focused Objectives(Listening and Speaking)

Ss will1.Recognize and produce tag questions, with

correct grammatical form and final intonation pattern, in simple social conversations.

2.Recognize and produce wh-information questions with correct final intonation pattern.

Communication Skills (Speaking)

Ss will3. State completed actions and events in a social

conversation4. Ask for confirmation in a social conversation5. Give opinions in an event in a social

conversation6. Produce language with contextually

appropriate intonation, stress, and rhythm

Reading Skills (simple essay or short story)Ss will7. Recognize irregular past tense of selected

verbs in an essay or short story

Writing Skills (simple essay or short story)Ss will8. Write a one-paragraph story about a simple

event in the past9. Use conjunctions so and because in a

statement of opinion

TEST SPECIFICATIONS

a. outline of test b. what skills will be testedc. what items will look like

You have: -30 minutes -12 students to assess-an integrated curriculum(all 4 skills)

Elicitation Method

ORAL(Ss listens) WRITTEN(Ss reads)

Word, pair of wordsSentence(s), questionDirectionMonologue, speechPre-recorded conversationInteractive(live) dialogue

Word, pair of wordsSentence(s), questionDirectionParagraphEssay, excerptShort story, book

Response Mode

ORAL WRITTEN

RepeatRead aloudYes/noShort responseDescribe Role-playMonologue (speech)Interactive dialogue

mark fill in the blank optionFill-in-the-blankSpell a wordDefine a term(with a phrase)Short answer (2-3 sentences)Essay

Objectives--Ss will:1. Recognize and produce tag questions, with correct

grammatical form and final intonation pattern, in simple social conversations .

2. Recognize and produce wh-information questions with correct final intonation pattern.

3. State completed actions and events in a social conversation4. Ask for confirmation in a social conversation5. Give opinions in an event in a social conversation6. Produce language with contextually appropriate intonation,

stress, and rhythm 7. Recognize irregular past tense of selected verbs in an essay

or short story8. Write a one-paragraph story about a simple event in the

past9. Use conjunctions so and because in a statement of opinion

TEST SPECIFICATIONSSpeaking(5 minutes per S on previous day)Format: Oral interview, T and STask: T asks questions of S (Objectives 3, 5 emphasis 6)Listening (10 minutes)Format: T makes audio recording in advance w/1 other voice on

it Task: 5 minimal pair items, multiple choice (Objective 1)

5 interpretation items, multiple choice (Objective 2)Reading (10 minutes)Format: cloze test items (10 total) in a story lineTask: fill-in-the-blank (Objective 7)Writing (10 minutes)Format: prompt for a topic: why I liked/didn’t like a recent TV

seriesTask: writing a short opinion paragraph (Objective 9)

Oral Interview FormatA. Warm up: questions & CommentsB. Level Check Question(OBJECTIVES: 3,5,6)1.Tell me what you did last weekend.2.Tell me about an interesting trip you took last

year.3. How did you like the TV show we saw last week?C. Probe (OBJECTIVES: 5,6)1.What is your opinion about______?(news event)2.How do you feel about______?(other news

event)D. Wind down: comments & reassurance

• Listening Part A--Listen to the recording and choosethe sentence on your test that is closest in meaningto the sentence you heard.VOICE: They sure made a mess at that party, didn’t they?S reads: a. They didn’t make a mess, did they?

b. They did make a mess, didn’t they?

• Listening Part B--Listen to the recording and choosethe sentence on your test that is closest in meaningto the sentence you heard.Voice: Where did Suleyman go after the party?S reads: a. Yes, he did.

b. Because he was tired. c. To Pelcim’s house for another party. d. He went home around eleven o’clock.

To capture only the OBJECTIVES you’ve focused on:

• Interview & Writing—Need a RUBRIC to score (holistic & a simple analytic scale)

• Listening section B—Creating/Using Audio isv logistically difficult. Read ‘VOICE’ instead.

d. Around eleven o’clock.• Interview-follow-up questions for one word or

very short answers.• Writing prompt--Name one of the characters at

the party in the sitcom we saw. Use the word so at least once and the word because at least once to tell why you did/didn’t like that person.