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A reliable test is always valid4/15/2023 ![]() An in-class presentation or role-play assessed by the class teacher is vulnerable to having a low level of reliability, since the test conditions would be difficult to reproduce in another class. On the other hand, a student presentation might serve as a useful basis for a valid assessment of speaking ability, and a speaking or writing test that elicits a target grammar structure would bring to light a student’s ability to use grammar.Īn assessment is reliable if would yield the same results for that student if administered by a different person or in a different location. So, a multiple choice test is generally not a very valid means of testing speaking ability nor is a gap-fill test a very valid way to determine whether a student has learned to use a grammar structure in communication. Student achievement standards are frequently not met in accreditation reviews for precisely this reason.Īn assessment is valid if it measures what it is supposed to measure. ![]() This can create a challenge when English language programs try to put in place effective measures of language learning, and especially when they have to convince their accreditors that they’ve done so. ![]() The combination of validity and reliability is the holy grail when it comes to language assessment, yet these two qualities are always in direct tension with each other. ![]()
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