Tests & Grading

Grading

Faculty Resources on Grading (FROG)

Student Guide: Grading System

Test Construction

Testing and Assessment Issues (Florida State)

An Introduction to Quality Test Contruction (B. Frey)

Test Contruction (Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation)

How to Prepare Better Tests: Guidelines for University Faculty (BYU)

Test Blueprint (Virginia Tech)

Selecting Test Items (Virginia Tech)

Multiple-Choice Items

How to Prepare Better Multiple-Choice Test Items: Guidelines for University Faculty (BYU)

Improving Multiple-Choice Tests (Kansas State)

Writing Multiple-Choice Test Items (J. Kehoe)

More Multiple-choice Item Writing Do's And Don'ts (R. Frary)

Writing Multiple Choice Items which Require Comprehension (R. Dewey)

Essay Tests

Improving Essay Tests (Kansas State)

Rubrics

Scoring Rubric Development: Validity and Reliability (B. Moskal and J. Leydens)

What's Still Wrong with Rubrics (R. Tierney and M. Simon)

Selected OEA Resources

ScorePak® Information Sheets

How to Fill Out a Service Request Form (22K PDF*) How to Fill Out Keys and Answer Sheets (17K PDF*)
Item Analysis (28K PDF*) Correlations (16K PDF*)
Bookkeeping Accounts (15K PDF*) Score Modifications (23K PDF*)
Importing Additional Scores (13K PDF*) Score and Item Files (15K PDF*)

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