Tests are systematic procedures for measuring individual behavior and can be used by teachers to measure students' acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values. There are different ways to categorize tests, such as whether they are objective or subjective, standardized or unstandardized, and norm-referenced or criterion-referenced. Some common types of tests include personality tests, intelligence tests, aptitude tests, achievement tests, summative tests, diagnostic tests, formative tests, socio-metric tests, and trade tests.

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Educational AssessmentEducational Assessment

2. TestTest
A test is a systematic procedure
for measuring an individual’s
behavior (Brown, 1991)

3. Through testing, teachers can measure
student’s acquisition of knowlege, skills, and
values.
Testing is only one of the techniques teacher
can employ in gathering information about the
students learning and achievement.

4. Uses of TestsUses of Tests
Tests serve a lot of functions for school
administrators, supervisors ,teachers and
parents, as well (Arends,1994;Escarilla & Gonzales,
1990)

5. TypesTypes of Testsof Tests
 As to mode of response, a test can be
oral, written, or performances
There are different ways of categorizingThere are different ways of categorizing
test:test:
 As to ease of quantification of
response, a test can either be
objective or subjective.

6. TypesTypes of Testsof Tests
As to mode of administration, a tests
can either be individual or a group.
As to test constructor, a tests can be
classified into standardized and
unstandardized.

7. TypesTypes of Testsof Tests
As to mode of interpreting result, a
tests can either be norm-referenced or
a criterion-referenced.

8. TypesTypes of Testsof Tests
 As to the nature of the answer, a test
can be categorized into the following
types:
1. Personality Test
It is a test designed for assessing some aspects
of individual’s personality.
2. Intelligence Test
It is a test that measures the mental ability of
an individual.

9. 3. Aptitude Test
It is a test designed for the purpose of
predicting the likelihood of an individual’s success in
a learning area or field of endeavor.
4. Achievement Test
It is a test given to students to determine
what a student has learned from formal instruction in
school.

10. 5.Sumative Test
It is a test given at the end of instruction to
determine student’s learning and assign grades.
6. Diagnostic Test
It is a test administered to students to identify
their specific strengths and weaknesses in past and
present learning.

11. 7. Formative Test
It is a test given to improve teaching and
learning while it is going on.
8. Socio-metric Test
It is a test used in discovering learner’s likes and
dislikes, preferences and their social acceptance, as well
as social relationships exiting in a group.
9. Trade Test
It is a test designed to measure an individual’s
skill or competence in an occupation or vocation.

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