Function of Test
“Test is the message.” The teacher, in the most direct and meaningful manner, tells the student what he really thinks is important through his test. Test has some functions of course. Penny Ur wrote some functions of tests. In her book stated that tests may be used as a mean to:
a. Give the teacher information about where the students are now, to help decide what to teach next.
b. Give the students information about what they know, so that they also have an awareness of what they need to learn or review.
c. Assess for some purpose external to current teaching (a final grade for the course selection).
d. Motivate students to learn or review specific material.
e. Get a noisy class to keep quite and concentrates.
f. Provide a clear indication that the class has reached a ‘station’ in learning. Such as the end of a unit, thus contributing to a sense of structure in the course as a whole.
g. Get students to make an effort (in doing the test itself), which is likely to lead to better results and a feeling of satisfaction.
h. Give students tasks which themselves may actually provide useful review or practice, as well as testing.
i. Provide students with a sense of achievement and progress in their learning.[1]
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