Test Development Process
Test Development ➢
Test Conceptualization SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
Test Construction
• What is the test designed to measure?
• What is the objective of the test?
• Is there a need for this test?
• Who will use this test?
Test Tryout • Who will take this test?
• What content will the test cover?
• How will the test be administered?
• What is the ideal format of the test?
Item Analysis • Should more than one form of the test be developed?
• What special training will be required of test users for
administering or interpreting the test?
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• What types of responses will be required of test
takers?
• Who benefits from an administration of this test?
→ • Is there any potential for harm as the result of an
administration of this test?
• How will meaning be attributed to scores on this test?
Test Revision Norm-Referenced vs Criterion-Referenced Tests: Item
Development Issues:
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Norm-Referenced Test
Test Conceptualization
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“There ought to be a test designed to measure [fill in
the blank] in [such and such] way.”
➢ Criterion Referenced Test
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, TYPES OF SCALES:
Age-Based Scale
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Grade-Based Scale
Stanine Scale
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Unidimensional Scale
PILOT WORK
Multidimensional Scale
Pilot Work, Pilot Study, and Pilot Research
SCALING METHODS:
➢ Rating Scale
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Test Construction ➢
SCALING
→ Summative Rating Scale
Scaling
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→ Likert Scale
scale values
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L.L. Thurstone
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➢ absolute scaling
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Test Development ➢
Test Conceptualization SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
Test Construction
• What is the test designed to measure?
• What is the objective of the test?
• Is there a need for this test?
• Who will use this test?
Test Tryout • Who will take this test?
• What content will the test cover?
• How will the test be administered?
• What is the ideal format of the test?
Item Analysis • Should more than one form of the test be developed?
• What special training will be required of test users for
administering or interpreting the test?
→
• What types of responses will be required of test
takers?
• Who benefits from an administration of this test?
→ • Is there any potential for harm as the result of an
administration of this test?
• How will meaning be attributed to scores on this test?
Test Revision Norm-Referenced vs Criterion-Referenced Tests: Item
Development Issues:
➢
→
→
Norm-Referenced Test
Test Conceptualization
→
➢
→
“There ought to be a test designed to measure [fill in
the blank] in [such and such] way.”
➢ Criterion Referenced Test
→
➢
➢
, TYPES OF SCALES:
Age-Based Scale
➢
Grade-Based Scale
Stanine Scale
→
Unidimensional Scale
PILOT WORK
Multidimensional Scale
Pilot Work, Pilot Study, and Pilot Research
SCALING METHODS:
➢ Rating Scale
➢
➢
➢
➢
Test Construction ➢
SCALING
→ Summative Rating Scale
Scaling
➢
→ Likert Scale
scale values
→
L.L. Thurstone
→
➢
➢ absolute scaling
→
