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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good test?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good test?
- Tests should measure all instructional objectives
- Tests should use appropriate test items
- Tests should be administered in a noisy environment (correct)
- Tests should cover all learning tasks
What is the importance of test validity?
What is the importance of test validity?
- It contains a wide range of sampling of items
- It measures what the test is supposed to measure (correct)
- It ensures that test scores are consistent
- It covers all learning tasks
What should teachers do with test scores to improve learning?
What should teachers do with test scores to improve learning?
- Use them to improve teaching strategies (correct)
- Use them to punish students
- Keep them private
- Ignore them
Study Notes
- Tests should measure all instructional objectives
- Tests should cover all learning tasks
- Tests should use appropriate test items
- Tests should be valid and reliable
- Valid tests measure what they are supposed to measure
- Reliable tests produce consistent scores
- Test scores should be used to improve learning
- Teachers should discuss skills or competencies not mastered
- Tests should contain a wide range of sampling of items
- Educational outcomes should be representative of total performance.
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Take this quiz to test your knowledge on effective testing practices in education. Learn about the importance of measuring all instructional objectives, covering all learning tasks, using appropriate test items, and ensuring validity and reliability. Discover how to use test scores to improve learning and discuss skills or competencies not yet mastered. See if you understand the significance of containing a wide range of sampling of items and ensuring educational outcomes are representative of total performance. Put your knowledge to the test with this quiz!