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Step 1
Objectives include three components: conditions, (2) performance, and (3) criteria.
(1)
Conditions identify what is available to students (e.g., setting, resource materials, context, circumstances, or restrictions) when they are asked to complete the desired performance. Performance specify the desired measurable and observable student outcome (e.g., what the student will be able to do). Criteria specify standards (tolerance limits) or proficiency for satisfactory performance.
A table of specifications is a twodimensional planning tool used to analyze instructional content in order to determine the percentage of instructional time the teacher should spend on objectives as well as the type and number of test items necessary to adequately measure student achievement of class content.
Step 3 ESTABLISH TEST VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY. Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it was intended to measure. Reliability provides an estimate of consistency of test results. All tests must be valid and reliable to accurately measure student achievement. Everything from the testing environment to student illness can affect test validity and reliability.
Step 4
Step 5
ADMINISTER TEST.
Prior to administration, teachers should also consider the physical setting (e.g., space, lighting, ventilation, and temperature) of the testing environment. Finally, teachers should consider the psychological factors (test anxiety and pressure) that affect students by explaining the reason for the test and adequately preparing students for the test.
Discuss the instructional content areas to be covered by the test as well as the format of the test. Discuss the parameters of the test (e.g., number and type of test items) before administration. Provide students with practice test items (and similar directions) prior to the test. Indicate to students that you expect them to succeed on the test and that you are available to help them.
Step 6
Measures of dispersion describe the manner in which test scores are different or vary. Descriptive statistics coupled with graphic illustrations are useful in explaining test results to students, parents, and administrators.
Tests are analyzed using item analysis procedures, which provide a response profile for individual items and indicate item difficulty and item discrimination. Item difficulty indicates the percentage of students who responded correctly to a test item. Item discrimination provides an index of how an item discriminates between students who scored high and low on a test.
Item difficulty and item discrimination are used to determine which test items are effective and which test items need improvement or should be discarded.