Evaluation of the M.A. Final Achievement Tests in New Trends to Teaching EFL

This study aims at: 1. Setting up appropriate criteria for evaluating the efficiency of the M.A. final tests of New Trends to Teaching EFL. 2. Evaluating the identified tests on the basis of the developed criteria from the points of view of specialists in Education, Methodology of Teaching English, and Curriculum Construction. This study confines itself to evaluating the efficiency of end- ofcourse achievement tests of New Trends to Teaching EFL to which M.A. students are subjected at Baghdad and Al-Mustansiriya Universities, during the last seven years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. The sample of this study implies the written achievement tests of New Trends to Teaching EFL subject which are given to M.A. students at the end of the course examinations (first attempts) during the seven consecutive years from 1999-2000 up to 2004-2005. This sample consists of twenty-two test- papers obtained from Baghdad University as well as Al-Mustansiriyah University. The test papers include 112 questions. A specific checklist is constructed for the purpose of evaluating the selected sample of test papers. The checklist includes the following major criteria: The obtained results indicate that M.A. achievement tests suffer from a clear shortage in their technical aspects. At the end, the study has stated some points of conclusions and recommendations.