There are several types of tests used to measure student performance and abilities, including diagnostic tests, proficiency tests, achievement tests, aptitude tests, placement tests, personality tests, and intelligence tests. Tests can also be objective or subjective, oral or written, criterion-referenced or norm-referenced, formative or summative, and administered individually or to groups. The document provides descriptions of the various types of tests.

1. TYPES OF TEST
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IRSHAD NAREJO

2. Test
Tests are the tools, which measure the
quality and quantity of performance of the
trainee.
A test is a systematic procedure for
measuring an individual’s behavior .It is a
formal and systematic way of gathering
information about learners’ behavior, usually
through paper-and- pencil procedure .

3. TYPES OF TEST
There are seven types of test.
 Diagnostic Test
 Proficiency Test
 Achievement Test
 Aptitude Test
 Placement Test
 Personality Test
 Intelligence Test
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4. Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic test measures the knowledge and
skills of student. It is used to identify
students’ strengths and weaknesses in past and
present learning.
Proficiency Test
Proficiency tests are designed to measure
people’s ability in a language whether they
have any training in that language or not.

5. Achievement Test
Achievement tests are designed to measure a
student's performance in specific academic areas
such as reading, comprehension, written or oral
expression, and mathematical computations.
Aptitude Test
Aptitude tests are mainly made to assess
intelligence and knowledge. Aptitude tests most
commonly consist of numerical reasoning, verbal
reasoning, speed, accuracy abilities, and more.

6. Placement Test
Placement tests are planned to provide
information which will help to place
students at the stage of the teaching program
most appropriate to their abilities.
Personality Test
This test is designed for assessing some
aspects of an individual’s personality.

7. Intelligence Test
Intelligence test measures the mental ability of
an individual.
The ability to judge, comprehend, and reason
The ability to understand and deal with people,
objects, and symbols.
The ability to act purposefully, think rationally,
and deal effectively with the environment

8. •Objective Test
In this test the ability of student is judged through
filling the blanks or selecting the correct answer
among the multiple options.
Subjective Test
Subjective tests are also called essay type tests.An
essay test is one, which contains one or more
questions or other tasks that require lengthy written
responses from students.

9. Oral Test
It is a test where in the test taker gives his answer
orally.
Criterion-referenced Test
It is a test that measures a student’s performance
against the predefined level of performance.
Norm-referenced Test
It is a test that evaluates a student’s performance
by comparing it to the performance of a group
students on the same test

10. Formative Test
Formative tests are conducting without
informing the learner and it identifies the
trainee’s needs, his learning states and
difficulties during the instructions.
Summative Test
It is a test given at the end of instruction to
determine students’learning and assign
grades.

11. • Direct & Indirect Testing
Direct testing is easier to carry out when it is
intended to measure the productive skills of
speaking and writing. The direct test requires the
candidate to perform exactly the skill which we
wish to measure.
Indirect testing attempts to measure the abilities
underlie the skills in which we are interested.

12. Individual Test
It is a test administered to one student
at a time.
Group Test
It is one administered to a group of
students simultaneously.