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Literature Assessment
OAssessent of learning
complements teaching. It
looks into how the learner
utilizes and arranges new
information and how she
integrates new information
to existing knowledge.
Link of Testing to
Teaching
O Testing is useful at the beginning of
of decisions
O Results are important devices to
share information withe the board of
education, parents and the general
public
O Results are useful tools for
measuring the effectiveness of the
curriculum
Basic Concepts
O Test an instrument or systematic procedure
Kind of Test
O Proficiency Test
O Diagnostic Test
O Placement Test
O Achievement Test
O Aptitude Test
Language Testing
Characteristics of a good
language test
O It should have a positive effect of
Purpose
Planning
Items/Tasks
Administration
Scoring/Rating
Analysis
Reporting
Communicative Language
Testing
O Measures how test-takers are able to
Communicative Language
Testing
O In testing receptive skills,
emphasis is on the
communicative intent of the
reader rather than picking out
specific details.
O Rubrics are needed to evaluate
results.
Performance-Based
Assessment
O Requires actual demonstration
Forms of Performance-Based
Assessment
O Problem-solving
O Oral or Psychomotor Skills with
a product
O Written or Psychomotor Skills
with a product
Alternative Assessment
O Important means of getting a
Criteria of Alternative
Asessment
O Focus on individual strudent
growth.
O Emphasis on the students
strengths.
O Consideration is given to
learning styles, culture, and
capabilities.
strategies
O KWL chart
O Oral performances or
presentations
O Oral and written products
O portfolio
Computer-Based Testing
(CBT)
O Test available on websites
O Test-takers perform or gives
responses on a computer
Computer technology introduced
the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT).
Literature Testing
is to institutionalize certain
conceptsand facts which
are part of the literary
learning to direct attention
the the relatively more
important literary skills.
Two categories
of literature tests
OTests of literary information
OTest of literary appreciation
Steps in Creating
a Literature Test
O Identify the context
O Write the TOS
O Select texts
O Group skills
O Match texts to tasks
O Write test items
O Clarify marking criteria
length
O The texts should exemplify different
genre
O The text should be representative of
the chosen theme, topic, or issue
O The text should match the cognitive
level of the examinees
O The text shoul be of meaningful
length
Literary information
1. Literary terms
2. Literary concepts
3. Stylistic devices
4. Elements of each literary
genre
5. Kinds of short story/novel
Literary interpreatation
1. Interpreting symbols
2. Interpreting theme
3. Interpreting character
4. Interpreting POV
5. Interpreting setting
6. Interpreting conflicts
7. Interpreting style
8. Interpreting tone
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