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c. The Quality of LLA

Mistakes in assessment processes considerably impact students and

the teaching and learning process. If teachers make mistakes in the

assessment, it will affect how they design the syllabus, determine learning

objectives, and even choose teaching materials. Mistakes in assessment

also have an impact on student motivation. As we know, the assessment

aims to determine students' level of competence. For students, the

assessment is a source of information about their learning outcomes, which

intends to improve student’s learning performance and motivate them to

keep developing their learning strategies. The assessment results become a

measure and comparison of their hard work and learning frequency. In

contrast, for teachers, the assessment results lead to teachers’ creativity to

improve the teaching process.

Therefore, educators in conducting assessments must pay attention

to several principles of assessment. Bachman and Palmer (1996) issue the

quality of assessment for its reliability, validity, authenticity, impact, and

practicality. In contrast, Early and Katz (2006) raise four basic principles

or quality issues in assessment: reliability, reference points, validity, and

record keeping. What Earl and Katz intend for the term “references points”

has a similar notion to the term “authenticity” raised by Bachman and

Palmer. They argue that the assessment or the test should be based on

intended measurement to meet different interpretations for different

reference points. For example, if the teacher aims to test students’ writing

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