Developing Tests and Questionnaires for a National Assessment of Educational Achievement

Anderson, Prue ; Morgan, George

Washington, DC : World Bank

关键词: ACADEMIC GUIDANCE;    ACHIEVEMENT TESTS;    ACHIEVEMENTS;    ADDITION;    ADULT LITERACY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7497-9
RP-ID  :  45411

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Developing tests and questionnaires fora national assessment of educational achievement addressesthe design of two types of data collection instruments:student achievement tests and background questionnaires.Part one covers the development of an assessment frameworkand a test blueprint, item writing, pre testing, and finaltest layout. Part two delineates comparable stages andactivities in the construction of background questionnaires,which are used to gather information from students,teachers, head teachers, or parents on variables that mighthelp explain differences in student performance on theachievement test. Part three describes how to design amanual for test administration to help ensure that allstudents take the test under standardized conditions. Thecompact disc (CD) that accompanies this book offeredexamples of well-designed test items, questionnaire items,and administration manuals drawn from national andinternational assessments and is meant to showcase thevariety of ways in which assessment teams have approachedthe design of these instruments.