This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests
When you're writing a test, you really don't want to make any mistakes. And yet, teachers, educational test writers, and even those who specialize in assessment make them all the time. In this book, veteran testing professional Jan Gleiter breaks down the most common problems test-writers face—and tells you how to solve those problems as you craft tests. Walter MacGinitie, author of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, praises the book, saying that it “has the potential to bring about a genuine improvement in testing. It gives sound general advice and sensible specific guidance, using many clear examples to show how test questions and testing practices can be improved. The writing is fresh and direct, making the principles easy to understand and follow".
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This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests
When you're writing a test, you really don't want to make any mistakes. And yet, teachers, educational test writers, and even those who specialize in assessment make them all the time. In this book, veteran testing professional Jan Gleiter breaks down the most common problems test-writers face—and tells you how to solve those problems as you craft tests. Walter MacGinitie, author of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, praises the book, saying that it “has the potential to bring about a genuine improvement in testing. It gives sound general advice and sensible specific guidance, using many clear examples to show how test questions and testing practices can be improved. The writing is fresh and direct, making the principles easy to understand and follow".
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This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests

This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests

by Jan Gleiter
This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests

This Is a Test: A Handbook for Writing Good Tests

by Jan Gleiter

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When you're writing a test, you really don't want to make any mistakes. And yet, teachers, educational test writers, and even those who specialize in assessment make them all the time. In this book, veteran testing professional Jan Gleiter breaks down the most common problems test-writers face—and tells you how to solve those problems as you craft tests. Walter MacGinitie, author of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, praises the book, saying that it “has the potential to bring about a genuine improvement in testing. It gives sound general advice and sensible specific guidance, using many clear examples to show how test questions and testing practices can be improved. The writing is fresh and direct, making the principles easy to understand and follow".

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625215147
Publisher: Capstone
Publication date: 12/18/2013
Series: Maupin House
Pages: 88
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 8 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword Vincent L. Cyboran 7

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Why Write the Test Yourself? 17

Chapter 2 Designing Your Test 19

Chapter 3 Multiple-Choice Questions 27

Chapter 4 True/False Questions 43

Chapter 5 Matching Questions 49

Chapter 6 Common Mistakes on Selected-Response Tests 55

Chapter 7 Fill-in-the-Blank and Completion Questions 65

Chapter 8 Free-Response (Short-Answer) Questions 71

Chapter 9 Essay Questions 75

Chapter 10 In Review 81

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