Tool in assessment

1. Test and types of tests
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2. Meaning
May be defined as a device or procedure
confronting a subject with a standard set of
questions or tasks to which the student is to
respond independently and the results of
which can be treated in such a way as to
provide a quantitative comparison of
performance of different students
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3. Definition
The international dictionary of education (1981) explains test as
 Any method by which the presence of quality or genuineness
of anything is determined
 Examination to evaluate the performance and capabilities of a
student or class
 Procedure for eliciting responses upon which appraisal of the
individual can be based (eg, intelligence)
 Process of detecting the presence of an ingredient in a
compound, or of determining the nature of a substance
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4. Main Purposes of Testing
 To determine the achievement level and progress of the pupils
 To obtain data for the diagnostic purposes
 To identify the interest of the sts
 To identify the underachievers
 To determine the self concept, attitudes and personality patterns of the sts
 To ascertain the extend and quality of social development of the students
 To identify the gifted
 To improve lg and tg techniques
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5. Importance or Merits
They are :
Handy
Economical
Less time consuming
Objective
Provide significant means of comparing individuals
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6. Limitations
Heavy weightage to verbal ability
Low reliability and validity in the case of some sts
Difficulty to follow the directions of the tester by the
testee
Influence of socio-cultural or environmental
conditions
Indifference , lack of attention …..
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7. How to plan a testing programme?
Centralised responsibility
Testing schedule
Preparation by testers
Preparation of students for testing
Appropriate environment for testing
Recording of test results
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8. Classification of tests
HENRY E GARRET
Intelligence tests
Individual Group Performance
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9. Educational Achievement Tests
Survey
Subject
Diagnostic
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10. Aptitude tests
A T
General
Mechanical ability ,
clerical ability
Special
Chemistry, foreign
lang
Professional
Law, medicine,
engineering, teaching
Talent
Art , music etc
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11. Tests of various aspects of personality
Personal
adjustment
questionnaires
Attitude surveys
Interest
inventory
Environmental
facts related to
personality
Projective
techniques
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12. Anthony J Nikto’s classification
By kind of items
Choice or recognition
Completion
Short answer
Essay
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13. By how observations are marked
Such as
pronunciation,
intonation,
emphasis etc
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14. By degree of standardisation
Standardised tests
Non- standardised
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15. By administrative conditions
Individual
group
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16. By language emphasis on response
Verbal Non-verbal
Performance
Non-
language
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17. By scoring reference scheme
Non referenced
Criterion
referenced
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18. By what attribute is measured
Attributes
Achievement
test
Personality
and
adjustment t
Projective
techniques
Structural
personality
measurement
technique
Interest
inventories
Attitude and
value scale
Aptitude tests
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19. Yoak and Simpson’s classification of forms
of tests
 Form
 Purposes
 Organisation
 Time of administering
 Duration
 Method of scoring and interpreting results
 Abilities involved
 Nature of materials included
 Mental functions involved
 Types of response involved
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20. Six fold classification
MPT & TPT
CRT & NRT
ST & OT
STD T & N STD T
SPEED T & POWER T
SRT & SRT
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