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Lecturer :DR. RAFIAH BT AB. RAHMAN

Prepared by : NAJWA ADIBAH BT BUKARI

NUR AZIMAH BT MD. SALLEH

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Measures the extent of learning of thematerials presented in a course,textbook orprogramme (Henning ,1987).

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Assessment instruments or procedures are based onthe objectives of a course and used to determine howmuch of the course content students have learned(Bailey,1998).

Therefore, achievement test are highly linked to thesyllabus as a teacher uses achievement test todetermine whether his/her students have learnt thematerials that have been presented and haveachieved the objectives of the lesson or instructionalprogramme

Source : Arshad (2004). Essential of Language Testingfor Malaysians Teachers. Serdang : UPM press.

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Carry out at the end of a particular course ofinstruction.

Determine how well learners have mastered theskills and knowledge presented in the course.

Also serve as diagnostic test : indicate whatstudents need to work on in the future.

M.Bailey, K. (2004). Purposes of LanguageAssessment. In K. M.Bailey, Learning AboutLanguage Assessment ,Dilemmas,Decision andDirections(pp. 37-39). United States:International Thomson Publishing Company.

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Related directly to classroom lessons, units ortotal curriculum

Often summative : administered at the end of theunit of study

Formative test : offers washback of learnersperformance in subsets of the unit.

Range from quizzes to final examination.

Brown, H. D. (2008). Test Types. In H. D. Brown,Language Assessment Principles and ClassroomPractices(pp. 47-48). United States: PearsonEducation,Inc.

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All types of tests :

I. Topical test

II. QuizzesIII. Monthly test

IV. Mid-term and final examination

V. UPSR

VI. PMR

VII. SPM

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These kind of tests and assessments are veryhelpful for administrator and teachers :

It has many additional functions aside fromevaluation. Learners and teacher can , forexample develop an action plan for furtherstudy based on the results of an achievementtest.

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Brown, H. D. (2008). Test Types. In H. D. Brown,Language Assessment Principles and ClassroomPractices(pp. 47-48). United States: PearsonEducation,Inc.

M.Bailey, K. (2004). Purposes of LanguageAssessment. In K. M.Bailey, Learning AboutLanguage Assessment ,Dilemmas,Decision and

Directions(pp. 37-39). United States:International Thomson Publishing Company.

Service, B. W. (2013, January 13). Achievement Test.Retrieved June 19, 2013, from Teaching English:http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/knowledge-database/achievement-test