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CBA - Week 2

The document outlines various principles of assessment illustrated through different descriptions and situations. Key principles discussed include predictive validity, face validity, content validity, construct validity, inter-rater reliability, consequential validity, washback, and authenticity. Each situation demonstrates how these principles apply to testing and assessment practices.

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CBA - Week 2

The document outlines various principles of assessment illustrated through different descriptions and situations. Key principles discussed include predictive validity, face validity, content validity, construct validity, inter-rater reliability, consequential validity, washback, and authenticity. Each situation demonstrates how these principles apply to testing and assessment practices.

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Read the following descriptions/ situations.

What principle(s) of assessment is/ are


being discussed?

Descriptions/ Situations Principle(s)

1.​ A test-taker takes a test at the beginning of a course. This test


Predictive validity
accurately predicts how well that test-taker will perform in the
course.

2.​ After the final test, most students complained that the test was too
Face validity
difficult for them, and that the test items did not relate to the course
Content validity
contents.

3.​ The final test of a speaking-listening course tests the students’


abilities to listen to spoken English via multiple-choice questions, Content validity
Construct validity
and true-false questions based on two audio recordings.

4.​ A student’s English writing test has different results as assessed by


Inter-rater reliability
different assessors.

5.​ People nowadays rush to study to get an IELTS certificate, and a lot
Consequential
of language groups/centers have been founded to teach IELTS validity
because people attach English proficiency to a high IELTS score.

6.​ The Graduate Record Examination GRE is used primarily for


admissions to US graduate institutions: assessing test-takers’ Predictive
validity
readiness for graduate-level academic work in terms of verbal
reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing.

7.​ Cram courses: intensive, short-term study programs designed to Washback


help students quickly prepare for an upcoming exam, often by Consequential
validity
covering a lot of material in a short period of time

8.​ Teaching to the test: instruction and curriculum focusing on Consequential


preparing students to perform well in a particular test rather than validity

fostering their knowledge and skills => tailoring lessons, Washback


assignments, and activities to directly address the content and
format of the test

9.​ Listening comprehension sections in a test feature natural language authenticity


with hesitations, white noise, and interruptions.

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