As students we have been exposed all of our academic life to tests, some of them cause us fear and others make us feel more competent but all them have been designed with a purpose; it is something that test-takers rarely stop to think about. When I read the third chapter in the Brown´s book (2000), I realized that perceptions that many people and I had about formulating a test were so reduced. For a long time I thought it was just a matter of asking questions over a particular topic and designating a numerical value according on how well students answered to them but it seems that behind a test there is a lot of planning.
At first, there are many aspects that are important for a test to be successful; the type of test, the test-takers and the most important thing the purpose of the test. Then, we have to choose the kind of questions or activies into the test; these must belong to the kind of test that is proposed. Finally, the thing that most surprised me; the way of grading is something that should not be chosen at random because the appropiate feedback may interfere in the learning process either positively or negatively.
Thus,  I wanted to highlight with this entry the fact that as teachers it is our duty to plan even the most insignificant  detail in our job because there are no bad students maybe there are uninformed and unprepared teachers so that teaching may become in the most difficult test that teachers could face in their working lives.