Tests are integral part of teaching and learning, as tests help
to determine whether the goals of education have been achieved or not. Tests affect
decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, and
curriculum constructions. Outcomes of tests prompt us to reflect on these questions:
"Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?" "Are students
learning what they are supposed to be learning?" "Is there a way to
teach the subject better, thereby promoting better learning?"
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The Purpose of Tests
Why do teachers give students tests? Why are high stakes
tests carried out for their students? The answers to these seem obvious: tests
are given to see what students have learned. However, this only this is only a partial
answer. Tests have many purposes in schools. It should be stressed that , whatever
the tests, the processes and outcomes of tests should be for the benefit of the
students and not the teacher, school, district, or state. Unfortunately, this
is not always the case. Students are usually the last elements to be taken into
considerations in the planning, implementation and postmortem of the any testing
process.
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