The Kaztest system was created on the basis of the National Testing Center in 2006 in order to assess the level of knowledge of the Kazakh language of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign citizens operating in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kaztest is a domestic system for assessing the level of proficiency in the Kazakh language in accordance with the principles and requirements of international systems for assessing the level of language competencies, such as TOEFL, IELTS (English language proficiency assessment systems), TÖMER (assessment of the level of knowledge of the Turkish language), TRKI (system of assessment of the level of proficiency in the Russian language).
The content structure of KAZTEST includes 5 blocks:
Listening – 20 tasks;
Vocabulary-grammatical structure - 40 tasks;
Reading - 40 tasks;
Letter – 3 tasks;
Speaking – 2 tasks.
The main areas of activity Kaztest is the development of test tasks and their application for testing in order to assess the level of proficiency in the Kazakh language.
Testing according to the Kaztest system is carried out on the basis of the following regulatory documents:
- State program for the implementation of language policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2020-2025;
- National standards defining the requirements for proficiency in the Kazakh language;
- Technology of testing according to the KAZTEST system.