PROVISION OF TRANSPARENCY OF ASSESSMENT BY CRA-METHOD
IN TEACHING MILITARY ENGLISH
Shirinova N.D., PhD in
Philology, Docent
Military Technical Institute of National Guard
of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Teaching ESP in HEIs, especially in military schools includes different
stages, such as designing specific programs and course-materials for classwork
and independent-works. Moreover, one of important stages is organizing
assessment procedure, which includes controlling pre-assessment,
while-assessment and after-assessment moments. Undoubtedly, well-planned
assessment not only creates an objective, fair and clear atmosphere in the
classroom, but also encourages students to learn English better and work on themselves
effectively.
There are many modern methods for organizing assessment of all four
skills (reading, listening, writing, speaking) of students. For instance, CRA – Criterion-referenced Assessment or
NRA – Norm-referenced Assessment.Criterion-referenced assessment compares
a person’s knowledge or skills against a predetermined standard, learning goal,
performance level, or other criterion, whereas Norm-referenced measures compare
a person’s knowledge or skills to the knowledge or skills of the norm group
[1;2;3]. With criterion-referenced tests, each person’s performance is
compared directly to the standard, without considering how other students
perform on the test. Criterion-referenced tests often use “cut scores” to place
students into categories such as “basic,” “proficient,” and “advanced”. ... full text in the attachment ...
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