Developing Assessment Items: A How-to Guide

by: Laura Henriques, Alan Colburn, and William C. Ritz

Many current high-stakes accountability measures take the form of traditional test items. While traditional forms of assessment may not be the best method to assess all important skills and knowledge, teachers should learn how to construct these kinds of tests. Teachers can pose questions about their own teaching and student learning, seek answers in the form of student test results, evaluate those results, and then use that information to make instructional decisions. Helpful tips for generating and evaluating multiple-choice, short-answer, essay, true/false, and matching questions are reviewed.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB204X_2

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