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PAPER-AND-PENCIL ASSESSMENT
PAPER-AND-PENCIL ASSESSMENT
By:
Milawati, S.Pd
Introduction
Even though many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programs use
Communicative Language Teaching, all too often their assessment methods do not
correspond to this approach. This was the situation that perhaps could find not only in
rural schools, but also in urban one in last decade. At the time, teachers were
encouraged to utilize communicative methods and make language instruction interactive
and relevant to the students’ real-world interests, but at the same time they were asked
to assess their students with paper-and-pencil test items such as multiple choice
questions and fill-in-the-blanks. The teachers use them to determine students’ grades,
monitor student progress, or motivate students. In this paper will briefly discuss about
paper and pencil assessment in terms of the variety of such kind assessment, and how it
will construct, the issue on variability and reliability, advantages and disadvantages
usage.