Assessment in Learning 1 (Testing)

Why is multiple choice tests considered as the best type of test?

• It is easy to conduct

• contains many responses

• It measures several competencies in one test

• It possesses the qualities of other type of tests.

Teacher A wants to test his student’s ability to formulate ideas, which type of test should he formulate?

• Completion type

• Essay

• Matching type

• Multiple choice test

Teacher B wants to check whether or not his students learned what he intended to teach so he formulated a quiz that should be

based on his_____________.

• extra reading

• instructional objectives

• students' ability

• subject matter

Which of the following statements are limitations of essay questions?

I. Lowest level of learning outcomes can be measured.

II. Preparation time is less than that for selection -type of items.

III. The integration and application of ideas is deemphasized.

IV. Scoring is time consuming and tends to be reliable.

• I and II

• III and IV

• I, II, and III

• I, II, III, and IV

Multiple – choice type of test is considered a versatile format since it can be used for assessing_______________.

• higher -level learning outcome

• knowledge , processes and performance

• learners of different ability levels

• all levels of assessment

Selected response types like multiple choice tests can be a good choice of assessment for which reasons?

• No biased

• Easy to prepare

• Efficient to administer and score

• Can access the learners' ability to construct

Item- writers of classroom summative tests are encouraged to prepare TOS prior to item construction to assure content validity.

The test should ___________________________.

• use test format appropriate to the reading ability of the students.

• have an equal distribution of items across subject matter areas.

• cover the target learning outcomes for the instructional period

• arrange logically the competencies to be measured

What level of revised Blooms Taxonomy in which you are retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant information from a long-term memory?

• Remembering

• Applying

• Analyzing

• Understanding

What level of revised Blooms Taxonomy in which you are breaking the material into constituent parts, determine how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure or purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing?

• Analyzing

• Applying

• Remembering

• Understanding

What level of revised Blooms Taxonomy in which you are carrying out or using a procedure for executing, or implementing

• Analyzing

• Applying

• Remembering

• Understanding