What is the intended purpose of the test?
- FLAD
- Foreign Language Assessment Directory
- Understanding Assessment Tutorial
- Heritage Language Assessment Module
In addition to considering the type of information you’d like to know about your students, consider how you will use this information.
When selecting a test, it’s important to make sure that the information provided by the test is sufficient for the decisions you’re going to make based on the test scores.
Matching your purposes for testing with a test’s intended purposes is an important aspect of validity.