Introduction
Bachman (1990) defines a test as “ameasurement instrument designed to elicit a specific sample of an individual’sbehavior….a test necessarily quantifies characteristics of individuals according toexplicit procedures” (p. 20)
The Merriam-Webster defines testing as “a tool for measuring the skill,knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group.”
A test supposed to be able to measure learning outcome which distinguish the every single student's ability between students already mastered and not yet the learning material. Therefore, testing is one of the powerful tools to measure students' abilities as well as enhance their attitudes towards learning. This notion is supported by Hughes (2003) stated that a test is a tool to measure language proficiency of students
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