Educational testing

Most of people who want to study in higher education that they need to test which is conducted by government. Also they might be had a special experience whether it is good memory or not. In my experience, it dated back two decades. Like others, I was nervous those kinds significant exam before it begins from one years ago. It is more serious than religious ceremony. In addition, I was not good at such kind of special test even though it might decide one’s life.

First of all, educational testing has a disadvantages and advantages too. One of the disadvantages of educational testing is that it might be wrong to evaluate the testers who want to attend the university class. In other words, test will make the school as wrong place. School should teach many different subjects such as history, geography, ethics and so forth. However, in Korea many high schools have been focusing main subjects such as mathematics, English and so forth. It led to the public school as preparing place (Hak-Won) instead of real school. It causes serious burdens to the parents who have a prospective tester in terms of economic, social, even relationship among other family.

Second, another disadvantage of educational testing could not evaluate test-takers ability well. For example TOEFL(Test of English as foreign language) test try to identify people who study in abroad. However, it has some weakness such as lack of reliability, validity, and authenticity. Therefore people who got a high score in TOEFL cannot communicate well in university. Even those kinds of international test made a mistake. In other words, test cannot always explain everything.

In conclusion, educational testing should measure with many different ways for students who want to higher education. For example writing essay test is very effective way. If it can standardize with an appropriate way, it will be powerful method.