Developing classroom language assessment benchmarks for Japanese teachers of English as a foreign language

Language Testing in Asia

Table 2 Relationship between the four scales

	Integrated diagnostic scale	Reflective analytic scales	Function-specific scales	Task-specific scales
Main objective	External evaluation & assessment	Reflection	Reflection	Lesson analysis
High Reliability	Required	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Users	Other assessors	The teacher who conducted the lesson	The teacher who conducted the lesson	Other assessors
Unit of evaluation/analysis	Entire lesson	Entire lesson	Language function	Task (selected by teacher)
Based on lesson observation?	YES	NO	NO (Possible)	YES