The current interest in performance assessment grew out of the
widespread dissatisfaction with standardized tests, and of the widespread
belief that schools do not develop productive citizens. The purpose of this
paper is to review the theoretical and empirical literature relevant to
recent trends in language performance assessment. Following a definition
of performance assessment, this paper considers: (1) theoretical
assumptions underlying performance assessment; (2) purposes of
performance assessment; (3) performance assessment procedures; (4)
merits and demerits of performance assessment; (5) language performance
assessment formats and research relevant to each format; (6) criteria for
selecting performance assessment formats; (7) alternative groupings for
assessing student performance; (8) performance assessment via computers
and research related to this area; (9) reliability and validity of
performance assessment and research related to this area; and (10)
conclusions drawn from the literature reviewed in this paper.
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The current interest in performance assessment grew out of the
widespread dissatisfaction with standardized tests, and of the widespread
belief that schools do not develop productive citizens. The purpose of this
paper is to review the theoretical and empirical literature relevant to
recent trends in language performance assessment. Following a definition
of performance assessment, this paper considers: (1) theoretical
assumptions underlying performance assessment; (2) purposes of
performance assessment; (3) performance assessment procedures; (4)
merits and demerits of performance assessment; (5) language performance
assessment formats and research relevant to each format; (6) criteria for
selecting performance assessment formats; (7) alternative groupings for
assessing student performance; (8) performance assessment via computers
and research related to this area; (9) reliability and validity of
performance assessment and research related to this area; and (10)
conclusions drawn from the literature reviewed in this paper.