Design your test and include any texts, samples of test items, rubrics, prompts and marking criteria in appendices. Justify your test design based on testing principles and research studies.

Degree programmes

The details of the curriculum and content of the programme are as follows:

Around 60 students are expected on the programme (divided into four groups). Students arrive with a range of IELTS scores (6.5 – 8.0) and already have the requirement to begin degree programmes in a number of different departments on completion of the pre-sessional. Despite the range of scores, however, many students will have very similar IELTS profiles, making it difficult to divide them into four groups. The first morning of the course will be given over to testing- which means up to 3 hours may be available for various tests and assessments.

Task detail

Design your test and include any texts, samples of test items [note that we do not need to see a complete test], rubrics, prompts and marking criteria in appendices. In the main assignment, justify your test design based on testing principles (aspects of validity, reliability, practicality etc.) and research studies. Make sure that you define concepts based on the literature and that you apply them to the context above.