Princess A.

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Educ. 122 Assessment of Learning 1
Problem Set

EVALUATING SHORT –ANSWER ITEMS

CRITIQUING

Direction: Read each of the following questions. Write the answer at the blank provided for
you.

1. Avoid using clue word in the questions.

Poor- What type of inconsistency is detected by test-retest reliability? _____________.

Better- What is detected by test-retest reliability? _____________.

2. Blanked should be place at the end of the statement.

Poor- _______ is most appropriate for classroom test.

Better- The most appropriate type of validity use in the classroom test is____________.

3. Do not include too many blanks, you cannot determine what the intended
outcome. Completion item should be worded so that the blank appears at the end
of the sentence.

Poor- _______ is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for_______.

Better- Reliability is necessary but not a sufficient condition for _____________.

EVALUATING TRUE-FALSE ITEMS

CRITIQUING

Direction: Read each of the following statement. If the statement is true write true,
otherwise, write false.

1. Avoid including two ideas in one statement, unless cause and effect relationship is
being measured.
Poor- Inconsistency in scoring threatens the reliability of a short-answer test but not a
true-false test.
Better- Inconsistency in scoring threatens the reliability of a short-answer test

2. The phrase “many advantages” is indefinite in meaning; this makes it difficult to

identify the item true or false.
Poor- Essay test have many advantages, one of which is their ability to assess many skills
within as single test.
Better- One of the advantages of essay test is their ability to assess many skills within as
single test.

3. Every Item should be wholly true or wholly false

Poor- True-false test items are susceptible to guessing.
Better- True or false test items provide students with 50% chance of guessing the
correct answer.
EVALUATING MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS
CRITIQUING

Direction: Read the following questions carefully, encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. All of the alternatives should be grammatically consistent with the stem.

Poor- a. computing a correlation coefficient
b. matching item to a table of specifications
c. using too many distractors
d. when the test is scored incorrectly

Better- a. compute a correlation coefficient

b. match item to a table of specification
c. use too many distractors
d. test is scored incorrectly

2. Avoid providing key word in the alternatives

Poor- Increasing the number of items on the test

Better- A reliability that can affect the number of items on the test

3. If negatives must be used it must be capitalize, highlight or underscore, avoid using all
of the above and none of the above

Poor- Which of the following conditions would not decrease the test-retest reliability
coefficient?
Better- All of the following are conditions that decrease the test- retest reliability coefficient
EXCEPT.

EVALUATING MATCHING EXERCISES ITEMS

CRITIQUING

Better
Directions: On the space provided beside each item in Column A, write the letter of the
Man’s name in Column B who achieved the significant events in the history of the United
States of America. Each name in column B maybe used once, more than once or not at all.

CRITIQUING
a. In column A statements can be improve
b. In column B, choices can be arrange alphabetically in order
c. In column B, do not include Ferdinand Magellan because he is not an American, this
may lead for a clue.
Better
Column A Column B
_____1. Who invented the telephone a. Abraham Lincoln
_____2. Who discovered America b. Alexander Graham Bell
_____3. Who was the first US Astronaut to orbit the earth c. Christopher Columbus
_____4. Who was the first President of the US d. Eli Whitney
e. George Washington
f. John Glenn