Key Concepts
- FLAD
- Foreign Language Assessment Directory
- Understanding Assessment Tutorial
- Heritage Language Assessment Module
- Post-Secondary World Language Assessment Module
- Introduction
- Proficiency
- Placement Testing
- Assessment Plans
- Assessment Plans: The Why
- Assessment Plans: The How
- Aligning Assessment with Instruction
- Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Designing Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Scoring Performance-based Assessment Tasks
- Using Integrated Performance Assessments
- Designing Integrated Performance Assessments
- Intercultural Communicative Competence
- Assessing Intercultural Communication
- Assessing Cultures
- Assessment and Program Articulation
- Summary of Best Practices
- Show What You Know!
- Putting It All Together
- Resources
When selecting a test, you should consider the four basic principles of assessment:Â
Validity
The fit between the test and the who, what, why, and how of testing
Reliability
The consistency of test results
Practicality
The feasibility of giving the test
Impact
The possible consequences of using the test