Basic Assessment Concepts
WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?
The title 'assessment' has been chosen instead of 'testing' for its
wider view. For a language teacher assessment includes any
means of checking what students can do with the language. It also
includes what they cannot do, but proper assessment gives due
weight to the positive side of their achievement.
Educational language assessment involves the use of a
variety of procedures and tools to collect information about
teaching and learning, and more importantly about students'