Now that you have established your objectives/outcomes (SEE BELOW), and decided on the specifics of how you are going to assess and evaluate through the use of test, it is time to focus on creation of the actual test. Using information developed in Part 1 &2, you will now create a plan for assembling, administering, scoring the test, establishing evidence of reliability and validity, and interpreting the results of the test.
Offer a one to two paragraph introduction to this essay discussing the focus of the paper.
Discuss the plan for assembling this test. How will you gather or collect your questions? Will you be using a test bank or writing your own questions? Explain and justify your choices.
Discuss the administration of the test. How long with students have to complete the test? Will students be working alone or with partner? Is this test open-book, notes allowed, or without any assistance? Are there any other rules or guidelines you will be enforcing during the test? Justify and explain.
How will you score this test? How many points is the test worth? How many points per question? Are all questions worth the same amount of points? How did you decide how many points each question is worth? Justify and explain.
Discuss the concepts of reliability and validity. What do these concepts mean when developing and administering tests? Why are these concepts important? How will you ensure reliability and validity in this exam? Be specific. Justify and explain your answers.
Discuss the how you will interpret the results of the test. What do the scores mean? How do you know if the test was successful? How do you know if the test was unsuccessful? Discuss how to interpret individual questions and the overall test. Justify and explain your answers.
