Type of Classroom Test

Types of Classroom Test

Type Description Example
Placement test
  • Pretests designed that is before teaching process.
  • To identify the presence or absence of prerequisite skills.
  • Concern with the students; readiness to begin the instruction
  • Concern with the appropriateness of our planned instruction.
e.g. Ujian minat bakat, Myerr-Briggs Test
Formative

(assessment/ penaksiran)

  • For improvement
  • learning measures
  • decentralized
  • most student centered
  • direct measures
  • soundest evidence
  • least public
e.g. Quiz, presentation, group discussion
Diagnostic
  • As needed during instruction.
  • To detect students learning difficulties.
  • To pinpoint the specific types of error each student is making.
  • Takes up where the formative test leaves off.
e.g.
Summative
(evaluation/ penilaian)
  • For accountability
  • performance measures
  • centralized
  • least student centered
  • indirect measures
  • weakest evidence
  • most public
e.g. Final exam, phd viva.

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