TESTING

In order to understand what is assessment and what is evaluation we have to know both definitions. And also, to understand what is testing.

Evaluation, is all-inclusive and it goes beyond student achievement and language assessment, evaluation considers all aspects of teaching and learning and to look at how educational decisions can be informed by the results of alternative forms of assessment

In the other hand, Assessment, is part of evaluation, and it considers everything that involves the student, assessment refers to the different ways of collecting data on a learner’s language ability or achievement.

Testing is a subcategory of assessment. A test is a formal, systematic. (Usually Pencil-Papper) and are used to collect information about students behaviors and knowledge.

Testing and assessment have been used as synonyms, but, as we could notice, assessment is of set of measures to evaluate. And tests are a one way process which allows instructors to realize what students are doing or not.
Before get in to the types of test, we have to differentiate them and their purposes. Test are used in different stages of the course to gather information about student

As language teacher  our  responsibility is deciding  the best option for our particular group of students in a particular teaching context. It is useful to categorize assessments by type, purpose, or place within the teaching/learning process or timing.

Language testing at any level is a highly complex undertaking that must be based on theory as well as practice. We have to know the nine cornerstones of testing and what does every single one of them involves.

To finish. I would like to state that most of teacher follow similar paters of evaluation where test has not enough importance in the learning process. In order to evaluate it has to be set different tools that will allow the student to realized of what he did. And also, to collect the correct data to compare with other schools and even scholar sistem.