What Do Stakeholders Think About Language Assessment?

Abstract

Assessment is an integral, critical element in language education. It is a product of reflection, instruction, and innovation. It is supposed to provide valid, reliable, and relevant information about learners’ progress. It ought to be used to inform course evaluation and instructional design with the view to meeting the needs of language learners and facilitators who serve the former. Assessment comes out of testing. It should be a learning experience for both learners and teachers. In the present scenario, teachers’ and learners’ attitude toward testing and assessment is material rather than ideal. Besides, the attitudes of parents and administrators can also positively influence language assessment of learners by teachers. The present paper purports to quantify their attitudes toward what they think language assessment and tests are about.