Exam 6: Writing and Evaluating Test Items

Criterion-referenced tests offer some advantages over tests that may be graded more subjectively and they are now quite prolific in school systems across the country. However, they have some specific problems. Discuss these advantages and disadvantages (feel free to integrate information from previous chapters). How would you improve this situation?

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Question 81

Distractors that are obviously incorrect

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Question 82

For essay items, the reliability of the scoring procedure should be assessed by determining the association(s)between

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Question 83

An item characteristic curve that rises gradually and then turns down for people at the highest levels of performance

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Question 84

Under what circumstance is it NOT to your advantage to guess on a multiple-choice exam?

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Question 85

Which type of test is especially helpful for evaluating progress in individualized programs of instruction?

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Distractors that are obviously incorrect

For essay items, the reliability of the scoring procedure should be assessed by determining the association(s)between

An item characteristic curve that rises gradually and then turns down for people at the highest levels of performance

Under what circumstance is it NOT to your advantage to guess on a multiple-choice exam?

Which type of test is especially helpful for evaluating progress in individualized programs of instruction?

Introduction

Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing

Correlation and Regression

Reliability

Validity

Test Administration

Interviewing Techniques

Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales

The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: Wais-Iv, Wisc-Iv, and Wppsi-III

Testing in Education: Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education

Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Military

Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings

Projective Personality Tests

Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing

Testing in Counseling Psychology

Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care

Testing in Industrial and Business Settings

Test Bias

Testing and the Law

The Future of Psychological Testing

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