University of Saint Louis

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, ARTS & SCIENCES

Teacher Education Department

Quiz in Assessment of Learning 1

NAMES:

Directions: Using the attached matrix of students’ answers in a 30-item test, answer the following
questions:

1. What is the difficulty index of the following test items? Provide the interpretation and the
appropriate action for each of the said items. (6 points)
Test Item No. Difficulty Index Interpretation Action
5
10
15
20
25
30
2. How many students belong to the upper 25% and lower 25%? (2 points)
No. of Students Student No. (Arrange according to the descending
order of scores.)
Upper Group
Lower Group
3. Solve for the discrimination index of all test items. Provide the interpretation and action for each
of the said test items. (30 points)

Item No. Discrimination Discriminatio Interpretation Action

Index n Index
(Pu-Pi)/N DU-DL
1.
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14.
 Item No. Discrimination Discriminatio Interpretation Action
Index n Index
(Pu-Pi)/N DU-DL
15.
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30.

4. Tick (/) whether the set of alternatives for each of the following items are plausible, implausible,
and ambiguous distracters. (16 points)
Item No. Alternative Plausible Implausible Ambiguous
1 A ☐ ☐ ☐
B ☐ ☐ ☐
C ☐ ☐ ☐
D ☐ ☐ ☐
11 A ☐ ☐ ☐
B ☐ ☐ ☐
C ☐ ☐ ☐
D ☐ ☐ ☐
21 A ☐ ☐ ☐
B ☐ ☐ ☐
C ☐ ☐ ☐
D ☐ ☐ ☐
30 A ☐ ☐ ☐
B ☐ ☐ ☐
C ☐ ☐ ☐
D ☐ ☐ ☐

NOTE: Show your solutions at the back page of each of the sheets of this quiz template. (16
points)