DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
CALASIAO COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Calasiao, Pangasinan 2418
OUTLINE
Introduction
Defining a Test
Purpose of Testing
Different Types of Test
Steps in Test Construction
Designing a Table of Specifications
English and Filipino Departments’ LAC Session on Test Preparation and Administration
Building 2 Room 2 ● November 23, 2017
Arnel O. Rivera, Test Construction: The Art of Effective Evaluation
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English and Filipino Departments’ LAC Session on Test Preparation and Administration
Building 2 Room 2 ● November 23, 2017
Our students were
trained
to memorize information.
After they have
memorized
Arnel O. Rivera, Test Construction: The Art of Effective Evaluation
http://www.slideshare.net/ArnelSSI
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Building 2 Room 2 ● November 23, 2017
The evaluation of pupils’
progress is a major aspect of
the teacher’s job.“
Evaluating Educational Outcome (Oriondo & Antonio)
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Purpose of Testing
To provide a learning experience for students
and record for assigning grades
To motivate students to learn and serve as a
guide for further study
To assess how well students are achieving
the stated goals of the lesson
To provide teachers with an opportunity to
reinforce the objectives and highlight what is
important for students to remember
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Common observation of
students on test questions
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Possible reasons for faulty
test questions
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Essay Type
of Test
What is an essay question?
AN ESSAY QUESTION IS "…A TEST ITEM
WHICH REQUIRES A RESPONSE
COMPOSED BY THE EXAMINEE,
USUALLY IN THE FORM OF ONE OR
MORE SENTENCES, OF A NATURE THAT
NO SINGLE RESPONSE OR PATTERN OF
RESPONSES CAN BE LISTED AS
CORRECT, AND THE ACCURACY AND
QUALITY OF WHICH CAN BE JUDGED
SUBJECTIVELY ONLY BY ONE SKILLED
OR INFORMED IN THEStalnaker
SUBJECT."
(1951, p.495)
Two Major Purposes of an Essay
Source:
Clay, Ben (2001). Is This a Trick Question? A Short Guide to Writing Effective Test Questions
Standard Phrases for Writing
Essay Test Items
a. Decision (for or against). Example – In which in your
opinion, can you do better, an oral or a written
examination? Why?
b. Cause or Effect. Example – Why is the application of
salitre in curring food is prohibited?
c. Explanation of the use of exact meaning of some
phrases or statement in a passage. Example – What
does this statement mean “Evaluation is not an end in
itself but a means to an end”.
Standard Phrases for Writing
Essay Test Items
d. Summary of some unit of the test or some articles read. Example –
Summarize in two paragraphs the advantages and disadvantage of
essay test.
OOPS… DINISCUSS BA
ITO?
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“SOMETIMES, WE OVERLOOKED THE BEAUTY AROUND
US FOR THE REASON THAT WE ARE SO BUNDLED UP IN
LIFE. WHAT WE NEED THEN IS TO KEEP UNDER LOCK
AND KEY TO WHIFF THE ROSES AS WELL.”
- HARHAR
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Building 2 Room 2 ● November 23, 2017
A good lesson makes a good question
A good question makes a good
content
A good content makes a good test
A good test makes a good grade
A good grade makes a good student
A good student makes a good
community
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