Principles of Language Assessment

5 Principles of Language Assessment

The Foundation

The above picture is the result of a group activity related to the principles of language assessment. Each group was assigned a video to watch accompanied by reading material, which provided detailed characteristics about each of the principles.  The above picture is helpful because it answers the question: If you could describe each principle with a slogan (or short phrase), what would it be?
This is obviously not a standalone document.  You would need more information in order to verify your assessment's legitimacy against these principles.  I have included the video about this topic in the 'Video Library' tab for your viewing pleasure.  Try not to get too stressed!  The important thing to remember is that no assessment is perfect, therefore you will not be able to achieve all of those principles in one assessment.  However, it is incumbent upon a teacher to fulfill as much as possible, in order to give our students the best chance to succeed!