1. Achievement Test- Meaning and Purposes.pptx

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1. Achievement Test Dr. Jisha Baby Asst. Professor St. Joseph’s Training College, Mannanam

2. Achievement Test A test of developed skill or knowledge. A test designed to measure the achievement in any subject with regard to a set of pre-determined objectives.

3. Achievement Test- Definitions N.M. Downie (1961) Any test that measures the attainments or accomplishments of an individual after a period of training or learning. Throndike and Hagen (1997) The type of ability test that describes what a person has learned.

4. Achievement Test- Purposes Measures the academic achievement of students The results of the test would indicate the extent or degree to which a student has internalised the learning material Help in determining the relative position of a student in a particular subject or area or teaming.

5. Achievement Test- Purposes Measures the achievement of the students in relation to a set of pre-defined instructional objectives. Attempts to ascertain what the student already knows.

6. Achievement Test- Uses C onducted periodically to place students into appropriate grade levels and skill groupings Regular administration of achievement tests can facilitate learning G ives feedback to teachers regarding the effectiveness of their instruction

7. Achievement Test- Uses The results of such tests reveal the strength, weaknesses, and gaps in the learning process of individual students. Help teachers to adapt instruction according to individual needs. Provide basis of promotion to the next grade.

8. Achievement Tes ts Standardised Tests Teacher made Tests

9. Teacher made Test Prepared by a classroom teacher to assess the achievement of the students The specific use of the test varies with respect to the people, school and place

10. Teacher made Test More utility in formative assessments Essential for making the assessment continuous and comprehens ive

11. Standardised Test Prepared by a team of experts following the principles of test construction The same test can be given at different time, place and peop le

12. Standardised Test Developed to measure skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level, usually through planned instruction, such as training or classroom instruction.

13. Standardized test Teacher-made test Wide application Limited application Accurate generalization can be drawn Accurate generalization cannot be drawn Can be used at any time and place of any population Used by teacher who made it Specific instructions, standardized administration and scoring procedure Usually no uniform direction Content determined by curricular and subject matter experts Both content and sampling are determined by classroom teacher Preparation and construction by a team of experts Prepared by the classroom teacher

14. Standardized test Teacher-made test Best suited for measuring broader curriculum objectives Best suited for measuring particular objective set by the teacher Scoring is objective, usually machine-scored Scoring is subjective and usually biased Mainly used in research, guidance counseling and selection purposes Useful to know students progress To compare two or more groups Cannot be used for comparison Test manual is prepared No test manual

15. Standardized and teacher made achievement tests are complementary in many aspects B oth of them are required for effective instruction and evaluation.

16. Review Questions What is an achievement test? State the purposes of achievement test? Differentiate between standardized achievement tests and teacher made achievement tests?

17. Reference Te xts Essentials of Examination System: Evaluation Tests and Measurement -J.C. Aggarwal (1997) New approaches to Measurement and Evaluation- K.S. Sidhu (2005)