Before looking further into the test items, there are certain designs that will also influence how we will create our tests. The level of the class should be considered when deciding which design you would like to utilize. Each of these designs place the language into a meaningful context. It is the demand on skills that vary.
Contextualized tests are the most common.
These tests will isolate skills that students will produce. Integrative tests use more than one skill at a time within a certain context. Pragmatic tests will ask students to draw from their world knowledge in order to display their skills in the second language. There is also the Interactive Model for testing that is based on 3 components. It is interactive in that the student will interact with the assigned material.