... Proficiency tests Achievement tests• Class progress tests• Final achievement tests Diagnostic tests Placement tests Aptitude or Prognostic tests Direct tests versus indirect tests-Discrete- point tests ... intergrative tests Norm-referenced tests versus criterion-referenced tests Objective tests versus Subjective tests Communicative testsGenerally there are some approaches to tests, for ... words, the test may be valid for some purposes, but not for others. For example, if the purpose of a test is to test ability to communicate in a foreign language,...