Evaluating the Appropriateness of Test Types and Contents to the Competency Based Assessment

Abstract

The present study is an evaluation of the appropriateness of test types and contents to the competency based assessment. It aims to find whether teachers in the Algerian secondary Schools use appropriate tests according to the competency based approach. To achieve our purpose, this research is undertaken by means of a descriptive method which uses a set of testing criteria and test qualities to determine test usefulness and appropriateness within a particular approach. The results showed that the analysed tests do not satisfy the competency based assessment criteria. These tests are similar to those administered in the previous approaches -before the adaptation of competency based approach in Algerian schools. So this result brings evidence that the Algerian educational system has changed the approach but has not adapted the assessment tools to satisfy the competency based approach requirements in terms of evaluation