When I started this course, I thought it was going to be difficult to assess students in accurately. Now, after this unit, I am able to understand a little bit more about assessment and items to achieve this. I liked the activities of this unit, because it made me feel closer to become a teacher, and that makes me feel happy and full of energy to be in front of a class. At the beginning of the activity to create items I was a bit confused, because I didn't know if i had to make the items based on my previous activities, And I ended up using a complete different activity. Fortunately, when we discussed at class, I realized about my mistake just in time to change my final activity.
In this unit I also had the chance to learn that there are four main types of test; proficiency test, achievement test, diagnostic test and placement test. In the same way, there are also different types of testing that can be used in a test; direct & indirect, discrete & integrative, objective & subjective, etc. Besides, I learned that there are some very important aspects that we need to take into consideration when we are choosing or designing a test; validity, reliability, practicality and backwash effects. We need to always keep in mind these aspects if we want our tests to be trustworthy, so that they can have a good impact on our students learning experience.
Finally, I'd like to mention that even though it is a fun activity, and I enjoyed doing it, designing a test is not an easy task, we need to be organized and careful with all the aspects that it carries; we need to think what is going to be assessed on the test, the score that the it’s going to worth as well as what kind of items are more suitable for each skill and the score of each item. Consequently, the next time I have make a test; I will be careful and i will pay attention to all this important aspects of a test creation.
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