Tests are used in education to evaluate student achievement and provide feedback to improve learning. There are several types of tests that serve different purposes. Achievement tests measure performance after instruction and include unit tests and exams. Diagnostic tests identify concepts students struggle with, while prognostic tests predict future success in a field like aptitude tests. Ability tests assess general qualifications. Oral tests involve questions with oral responses or performances. The various testing strategies are used to comprehensively evaluate students and enhance the learning process.

1. TEST

2. INTRODUCTION
‘TEST’ in education refers to a
device containing a set of
sequentially arranged questions or
tasks to be given to students,
requiring them to provide their
responses individually .
By awarding marks to the responses
provided for the test items, students
achievement can be evaluated and
compared .

3. DEFENITION OF TEST
“ If you are the best then take the
test “ .
- Floyd may weather . JR
“In the end , test scores and grades
are not the only factor “ .
- Keith todd

5. MEASURE ALL
INSTRUCTIONAL
OBJECTIVEs

8. COVER ALL THE
LEARNING TASK

11. APPROPRIATE TESTING
STRATEGIES OR ITEMS

14. MAKE TEST VALIED
AND RELIABLE

17. USE TEST TO
IMPROVE LEARNING

19. USE TEST TO IMPROVE LEARNING
 Diagnose or evaluate learners achievement, in
effect, they can also be a learning experience.
 Opportunity to re-attach important information.
 Testing and evolution processes in which they
put a high value into their total instructional
programs for the purpose of guiding and
enhancing the student’s learning.

20. TYPES OF TEST

21. CATEGORIZATION OF TESTS
Different kinds of tests are used ,
depending upon the purposes . Tests
used in education can generally be
classified into the following three
categories.
Achievement Tests
Diagnostics Tests
Prognostic Tests

22. ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
 A test that measures the level of
performance achieved by an
individual after a period of
instruction or training is called an
achievement test .
The marks obtained by a student in
an achievement test conducted at
the end of a content unit , reveals
his level of proficiency in that unit .

23. Unit test
Monthly test
Terminal examination
Annual examination etc.,
are all the examples for
achievement tests .

24. DIAGNOSTICS TESTS
o A test that helps the teacher to
identify the concepts in the content
area taught, which students
struggle to learn and the nature of
the difficulties experienced by
them is called a diagnostic tests .

25. PROGNOSTICS TEST
 A prognostic test is one which
measures the capacity of a person for
success in some field and as such it is
predictive in character .
 In education prognostic test is nothing
but an aptitude test .
 Aptitude tests help to predict the
potential abilities and interests in a
person for a particular vocation or
course of study .

26. OTHER CATEGORIES OF TEST
 Ability tests :
i. These tests try to assess the general ability
of an individual .
ii. Ability tests try to assess the general
abilities expected of persons with
educational qualifications at a particular
level of education , at a given point of time .
iii. National level selection or admission tests
for candidates hailing from different
regions / universities are good examples for
an ability test.

27. ORAL TESTS
In this kind of tests , the teacher asks
questions and get responses from
students in the form of oral replies or
performance .
Let us see the details of these two types
of oral tests .
a. Oral response test
b. Oral performance test
c. Practical tests