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Standardized Test
Standardized Test
Standardized Testing
CHARO R. MADARCOS
MAT ENGLISH
Standardized Test
A standardized test presupposes certain standard objectives
or criteria that are held constant across one form of the test
to another.
A good standardized test is the product of a thorough
process of empirical research and development
It measures children’s mastery of the standards or
competencies that have been prescribed for specific grade
levels.
Standardized Test
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is designed for college entrance
exam of many high school seniors seeking further education.
The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for entry into many graduate
school programs like Graduate Management Admission Test
(GMAT) and the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT) specialize in
particular disciplines
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) by the
Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the United States and /or its
British counterpart the International English Language Testing
System (IELTS
What is standardization?
The tests are standardized because they specify a set of
competencies (or standards) for a given domain, and through a
process of construct validation they program a set of tasks
that have been designed to measure those competencies.
Multiple Choice is not the only test item type in standardized
test.
Standards are equally involved in certain human-scored test
of oral production and writing, such as the Test of Spoken
English (TSE) and the Test of Written English (TWE) both
produced by ETS
Advantages of Standardized Test
It is a ready-made previously validated product that frees the
teacher from having to spend hours creating a test.
Examples:
The purpose of TOEFL is “to evaluate the English proficiency of
people whose native language is not English” (TOEFL Test and Score
Manual, 2001, p.9). More specifically, the TOEFL is designed to help
institutions of higher learning make “valid decisions concerning
English language proficiency in terms of their own requirements.
Developing a Standardized Test
The GET is given to prospective graduate students -- both native and non-
native speakers – in all disciplines to determine whether their writing ability is
sufficient to permit them to enter graduate-level courses in their programs.
As we can the objectives of each of these tests are specific. The content of
each test must be designed to accomplish those particular ends.
Developing a Standardized Test
2. Design test specifications
• This is the step of laying the foundation of the test.
Example:
TOEFL Specifications
Listening Section focuses on a particular feature of language or overall
listening comprehension.
• This involves a lot with item response theory (IRT) and the use of
statistics. There is also need to ensure that the items measure the
actual constructs of the subject domain.