Some Suggestions for the Construction of a ‘Good’ Test

Abstract

Writing language tests is very much a part of the life of the English language teacher. Although one can assume that most English language teachers undergo some form of formal training in the teaching of the language, one cannot say with certainty that all language teachers are trained to write language tests. The task of writing test items may seem a reasonable demand but mere churning out of items without much consideration as to the balance or the adequacy of the resulting test may result in an inadequate or inaccurate measurement of skills.