Classroom Assessment

Classroom Assessment is a simple method faculty can use to collect feedback, early and often, on how well their students are learning what they are being taught. The purpose of classroom assessment is to provide faculty and students with information and insights needed to improve teaching effectiveness and learning quality. College instructors use feedback gleaned through Classroom Assessment to inform adjustments in their teaching. Faculty also shares feedback with students, using it to help them improve their learning strategies and study habits in order to become more independent, successful learners.... Classroom Assessment is one method of inquiry within the framework of Classroom Research, a broader approach to improving teaching and learning."

Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

• Encourages contact between students and faculty
• Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students
• Encourages active learning
• Gives prompt feedback on performance
• Emphasizes time on task
• Communicates high expectations
• Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

How to Take Tests - This section will teach you how to do better on most paper and pencil tests.

• Strategies for taking MULTIPLE-CHOICE tests
• Strategies for taking ESSAY tests
• Why test-taking is an important skill for teachers to teach
• Assessing Student Achievement

Focus is on assessing student achievement with teacher-made tests.

• Principles to guide Assessment.
• Guidelines for Behavioral Objectives
• Specification Construction.
• Questions to ask when designing a Blueprint.

Objective Test Items

• Objective Items:
• What they are;
• Advantages and disadvantages.
• True-False
• Matching
• Multiple-Choice
• Short Answer/Completion

How to Construct Better Multiple-Choice Tests

• When to use multiple-choice: advantages and disadvantages
• How to write a good multiple-choice question
• Advanced techniques for innovative multiple-choice questions
• Advanced techniques for testing higher level thinking
• Question Arrangement on Tests.
• Multiple-Choice Construction Checklist
• Frequently Asked Questions about Multiple-choice
• Multiple-Choice Glossary

How to Construct Acceptable True/False Questions

• When to use True/False questions: advantages and disadvantages.
• How to write True/False questions.
• Question Arrangement on Tests.

Matching Questions

• Matching Question Basic Form; Advantages and disadvantages.
• Principles of Constructing Matching Items.
• Ranking and Key lists: combine elements of matching and multiple-choice.
• Question Arrangement on Tests.

Completion and Short Answer Questions

• Difference between Completion and Short Answer: advantages and disadvantages.
• How to Construct Completion and Short Answer Questions.
• Interlineation questions.
• Question Arrangement on Tests.

Essay Tests

• When to use essay tests: advantages and disadvantages
• How to write a good essay question
• Scoring Essay Questions
• Increasing Obectivity of Essay Scoring
• Frequently Asked Questions about Essays
• Essay Glossary