The culture of assessment in Science and English

La cultura de la evaluación en Ciencias e Inglés

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The Principles of Assessment

Belinda CerdáCambridge English

Best practice in assessment

What makes a good exam?

Why is Assessment Literacy important?

We can develop tests that….

We can evaluate and select tests which…

Was it challenging?

Yes68%

No32%

Fairness

Different task types

Accuracy

Positive impact

What makes a good exam?

Assesses the four skills Using a range of task types

Well presented with simple questions

What makes a good exam?

Motivates students to learn

Evaluates their real worldknowledge

demonstrates what they know

VRIP

VALIDITYFitness for purpose:Does it test what you want to test?

VRIP

VALIDITY = Fitness of purpose

RELIABILITYRepeatability:

Is the same exam in different sessions equally difficult?

Measurement scale

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

Intermediate

Preliminary

Breakthrough

Standards consistently applied

Test 3

Test 1

Test 2

Tests at appropriate level

Item bank links all levels

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Learners located on scale

An item banking system

Exam day

Examiner assessmentRecruitment

Certification

Training

Standardisation &

RecertificationMonitoring

Examiner Administration

VRIP

VALIDITY = Fitness of purpose

RELIABILITY= RepeatabilityIMPACT

Positive effect on individuals and on society

PRACTICALITY

Cost? Time? Resource?

Quick check!

VRIPA language exam only has gap-fill

grammar questions

The instructions of a language exam use

language which is more complex than the level of

the test

An exam is incredibly reliable, but is over

six hours long

A driving exam consists only of a

written theoretical component

VRIP

I = A language exam only has gap-fill grammar questions

P = An exam produces incredibly accurate results, but is over six hours long

V = A driving exam consists only of a written theoretical component

Question paper production cycleCommissioning of material

Pre-editing

Pretesting & Trialling

Pretest Review

Test Construction

Exam Overview

Editing

Rejection Revision

What do you want to take from this event?

How standardised tests are created

Practical ways of assessing speaking and writing

I would like to share, learn and reflect

Everything to make me better!

Primary School Secondary School Neither

44.25%47.79%

7.96%

Where do you teach?

69%

21%

10%

Type of schoolState school Concertado schoolPrivate school Other

Yes No

52.21%

47.79%

Do you teach in a bilingual programme?

Questions