Given a list of features, identify the positive feature of objective assessments (includes short answer, completion; selection types: T/F, matching, multiple choice). 

  Given a list of features, identify the negative feature of objective assessments (includes short answer, completion; selection types: T/F, matching, multiple choice). 

  Given a list of advantages and limitations, identify which of the five objective type items (e.g., supply types: short answer, completion; selection types: T/F, matching, multiple choice) it is most characteristic of. 
  
  Given a list of guidelines, identify the guidelines for creating objective assessments (short answer, completion, T/F, matching, multiple choice). 
  
  Given a list of guidelines, identify the guidelines for administering objective assessments (short answer, completion, T/F, matching, multiple choice). 

  Given a list of guidelines, identify the guidelines for scoring objective assessments (short answer, completion, T/F, matching, multiple choice). 

  Given the conditions for weighting, determine the best procedure for weighting scores for questions within a test. 

  Given a list of sources, select the best one for identifying skills for an objective test.  
  
  Given a specific purpose for the assessment, judge whether objective or performance test item would be most appropriate. 
 

Constructing Objective Test Items  
Types of Objective Tests 
 
Short Answer / Completion Items 
True-False or Alternate Choice Items 
Matching Items 
Multiple Choice Forms
Plausible Distractor 
Interpretive Exercise  
 
Nature 
Forms and Uses 
Advantages 
Limitations  
Suggestions for Constructing  
 
Evaluating Test Items 
 
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  Items Make the Test

With your group, evaluate the following test items / questions. Indicate whether each item is okay as it is or if it can be improved. Rewrite the item to show improvement. 

1. Which of the following items are capitol goods?  
 

a. ovens in a restaurant  
b. comic books at the news stand  
c. your roller blades  
d. goods sold by an ice cream parlor  
2. True or False? Both joint resolutions and ordinary bills must pass both houses of congress in identical form and get the signature of the President to become law.  

3. The kinetic energy of an object is increased the most by doubling its a. mass b. temperature c. volume d. density e. speed  

4. The size of a masonry opening for a window is found in the  
 

a. floor plan  
b. elevation plan  
c. window plan  
d. door schedule  
  

5. A hospital research laboratory purchases rats (in lots of 50) from a distributor for use in experiments. The distributor sell four different strains of rats (A, B, C, D) at a cost of $50 per lot of strain A, $75 per lot of strain B, $80 per lot of strain C, and $100 per lot of strain D. One and only one strain is available on any given day and orders are filled depending on availability. Let x = amount the laboratory spends. The probability distribution of x, the price per lot for each strain, is as follows:   
 

 

Available Strain	x	p(x)
A	$50	.1
B	$75	.4
C	$80	.3
D	$100	.2

 
  Post your group's response on the  on or before February 15 at 5:00 p.m.
 

  Chapter 6  Constructing Objective Test Items: Simple Forms
Chapter 7  Constructing Objective Test Items: Multiple Choice Forms
Chapter 8  Measuring Complex Achievement: The Interpretive Exercise  --  
Linn R.L. & Gronlund, N.E. (1995). Measurement and assessment in teaching. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Merrill.