Nursing

education
seminar on
administering a
test, scoring,
grading versus

test:introduction
Administering
the written test is perhaps the
most important aspect of the examining process.
The test administrators manner, bearing, and
attitude may well inspire confidence in
competitors and put them at ease while
participating in the testing process.

Steps of administering a test

Principles in test administration:

all students must be given a fair chance to

demonstrates their achievement of the learning
Students will not perform at their best if they are
tense an anxious during testing, the antidote to
anxiety is to convey to students, by word and deed,
that the test results are to be used to help them to
complete the test.

Avoiding things while testing:-

1). Avoid talking

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Distributing material

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Answering questions during test

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Preventing cheating

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Collecting test material

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Collaborative testing

scoring

Introduction: Some standardized testing uses

multiple-choice tests, which are
relatively inexpensive to score, but
any form of assessment can be used.

Scoring issues:

Human scoring is often variable, which is why

computer scoring is preferred when feasible.
Open-ended components of tests are often only a
small proportion of the test. Most commonly, a
major test includes both human-scored and
computer-scored sections. These major tests do not
measure the student's overall ability in learning.

Grading:

grading, often confused with evaluation, involves

quantifying data and assigning value.

Methods of grading:-

Analytic method: Advantages of analytic method:

It can yield very reliable scores.

The preparation of detailed answer may bring to the
teachers. Attention such errors as faculty wording
extreme difficulty, complexity of the question and
unrealistic time; limits.
The subdivision of the model answer can make it
easier to discuss with the students the marks
awarded to them.

Limitations of analytical method: It is very laborious and time

consuming.
In attempting to identify the elements,
Undue attention may be given to
superficial aspects.

Global method:

In global scoring the ideal answer is not subdivided

into specific points and component points. the
examiner is interacted to read the responses rapidly
from a general impression and using some slandered
assign a rating to the responses-use good-averagepoor for final discrimination use.
Advantages:-it is very effective when large
numbers of essays are to be ready.

MARKING:

marking or scoring is the process of awarding

a number (usually), or a symbol to represent
the level of student learning achievement. The
most common method is by adding up the
number of correct answers on a test, and
assigning a number that correlates

Marking schemes:-

Marking Criteria and Standards

Marking criteria are the categories or dimensions

that the marker will be using to judge the student
work. (e.g. quality of argument, research, technical
aspects, etc).
Standards are the actual level of performance which
might be achieved by students against each
criterion.

Marking criteria:

Standards may be described using a variety of

outcome descriptors:
Excellent, good, satisfactory, poor, very poor
Competent, satisfactory, not yet satisfactory
Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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symbolic representations that summarise the quality

of student work and level of achievement.
A grading system and a "marks" system are really
the same thing, so one of them is not better than the
other.
Both the marking system and the grading system
have their pros and cons. Whereas marks help
students identify their exact scores, grades place
students in predefined categories such as A and B.
Under the marking system, even if two students are
of similar calibre, one can ace out the other by a
fraction of a point.

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This level of assessment encourages
competitiveness.
To score that one extra mark,
students devote more time to
study and pay attention to detail.
The positive side-effect of this is
that the students acquire knowledge.