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TEST DEVELOPMENT Flashcards

1
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TRUE OR FALSE. An expert panel may be used in the process of test development to provide ratings of item reliability

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FALSE

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TRUE OR FALSE. Item discrimination refers to the ability of a test item to identify those who score above the median versus below the median

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FALSE.

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3
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When assessment tool diminishes its ability to distinguish testtakers at the low end of an ability or trait

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Floor effect

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In a matching item, the testtaker is presented with two columns: _____on the left and ________ on the right

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Premises; responses

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Ceiling effect happens when assessment tool diminishes its ability to distinguish testtakers at the high end of an ability or trait

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Ceiling effect

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6
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Can be a true or false exam

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Binary-choice items

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Useful in measuring responses that require applications and original solutions

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Essay,

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8
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Testtaker responds with one of two responses

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→ Binary-choice items,

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9
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Has 3 elements (stem, correct option, distractors)

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Multiple-choice,

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10
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Consists of premises and responses

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Matching,

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11
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Probability of obtaining correct item is .5% choice items

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Binary-choice items

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12
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Sorting attitude as: acceptable, not acceptable

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→ Categorical Scaling,

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13
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Ranking which among the 20 behaviors provided are acceptable and not acceptable (1 is least acceptable 20 is most acceptable)

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→ Rating Scale,

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14
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Items are arranged from weaker to stronger expressions of belief, attitude or feeling being measured

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→ Comparative scaling,

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15
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Respondents who agree with stronger statements will agree with milder statements

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→ Guttman Scale,

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16
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Describing one’s happiness on a scale of 1 to 10

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→ Rating Scale

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17
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Compare test takers with each other

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norm-referenced

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18
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addresses the issue whether a test taker will meet the criteria

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criterion-referenced

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19
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setting rules for assigning numbers

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scaling

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20
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L.L. thursstone

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scaling

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21
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units that makes up a test

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test items

22
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refers to all techniques used to assess the characteristics of test items and evaluate their quality

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test analysis

23
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rely on judgement from reviewers concerning the substantive and stylistic characteristics of items as well ass their accuracy and fairness

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qualitative item analysis

24
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involves a variety of statistical procedures designed to ascertain the psychometric characteristics of items based on their responses obtained from the samples used in the test development

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quantitative item analysis

25
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require the examinee to create responses within the structure provided by each item.

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Constructed-Response Items

26
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the incorrect alternatives,

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Distractors

27
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the question part of a multiple-choice item.

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Stem

28
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You can assess higher-level thinking with ______

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multiple choice questions.

29
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a measurement format that requires learners to classify a series of examples
using the same alternatives.

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Matching

30
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Content should be homogeneous (all material of the same type).

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Matching

31
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a measurement format that includes
statements of varying complexity that learners have to
judge as being correct or incorrect.

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True-false format

32
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a measurement format that
includes a question or an incomplete statement that
requires the learner to supply appropriate words,
numbers, or symbols.

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Completion format

33
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It is very difficult to create ______ items where

only one answer is correct.

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Completion

34
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a measurement format that requires
students to make extended written responses to questions
or problems.

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Essay format

35
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Scoring them is a challenge.

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Essay format

36
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is a scoring scale that describes the criteria for grading.

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rubric

37
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A form of assessment in which students demonstrate their
knowledge and skill by carrying out an activity or producing a
product.

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Performance Assessment

38
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a relatively large and easily accessible

collection of test questions

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Item Bank

39
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interactive
computer-administered test-taking process wherein
items presented to the testtaker are based in part on
the testtaker’s performance on previous items.

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Computerized Adaptive Testing

40
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ability of the computer to
tailor the content of the test items on the
basis of responses to previous items

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Item branching

41
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test taker responses earn credit toward placement in a particular class or category with other test takers whose pattern of responses is presumably similar in some way.

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Class scoring

42
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comparing a testtaker’s
score on one scale within a test to another
scale within the same test

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Ipsative scoring

43
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people who are similar in critical respects
to the people for whom the test was
designed for

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Test Tryout

44
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the percentage or proportion of test takers who

correctly answer the item

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Item Difficulty Index (Item Difficulty

Level)

45
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Refers to how well an item can accurately discriminate between test takers who differ on the construct being measured

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Item Discrimination

46
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Item Discrimination Formula

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D= pHIGH - pLOW

47
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items for which equally able persons from different cultural group have different probabilities of success

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item bias

48
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assessing the quality of each alternatives

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analysis of item alternatives

49
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graphic discrimination of item difficulty & discrimination

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item-characteristic curve

50
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the degree that a test item is biased

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item fairness

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