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Mehmet Kanik – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
ChatGPT has surged interest to cause people to look for its use in different tasks. However, before allowing it to replace humans, its capabilities should be investigated. As ChatGPT has potential for use in testing and assessment, this study aims to investigate the questions generated by ChatGPT by comparing them to those written by a course…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction
Stefancik, Christopher D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is an ongoing debate among instructional personnel, parents, legislators, and the community at large about the nature and purpose of testing in the educational system. State and district-based testing programs have been criticized as "over-testing" policies. The result of the criticism culminates in a reduction of assessment…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Progress Monitoring, Teacher Made Tests
Wright, Christian D.; Huang, Austin L.; Cooper, Katelyn M.; Brownell, Sara E. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
College instructors in the United States usually make their own decisions about how to design course exams. Even though summative course exams are well known to be important to student success, we know little about the decision making of instructors when designing course exams. To probe how instructors design exams for introductory biology, we…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Teachers, Science Tests, Teacher Made Tests
Phelps, Amy L.; Spangler, William E. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
A standardized exam for program-level assessment can take the form of 1) a customized exam developed in-house by faculty and linked explicitly to program-level learning goals; or 2) a standardized exam developed externally by assessment experts and linked to a set of somewhat broader and more generalizable learning goals. This article discusses…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Standardized Tests, Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students
Ediger, Marlow – Education, 2010
Data driven decision making emphasizes the importance of the teacher using objective sources of information in developing the social studies curriculum. Too frequently, decisions of teachers have been made based on routine and outdated methods of teaching. Valid and reliable tests used to secure results from pupil learning make for better…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Social Studies, Standardized Tests
Salend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
Although many teachers are using new technologies to differentiate instruction and administer tests, educators are also employing a range of technology-based resources and strategies to implement a variety of classroom assessments as alternatives to standardized and teacher-made testing. Technology-based classroom assessments focus on the use of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Testing, Educational Technology, Teacher Made Tests
Frey, Bruce B.; Schmitt, Vicki L. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2007
As the field of education moves forward in the area of assessment, researchers have yet to come to a conclusion about definitions of commonly used terms. Without a consensus on the use of fundamental terms, it is difficult to engage in meaningful discourse within the field of assessment, as well as to conduct research on and communicate about best…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Made Tests
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2006
What are the purposes of exams? Would teachers give exams if they were not grading students? Exams provide information that should inform the instructional program, let the students know their strengths as well as areas for growth, and tell teachers what information their students know and what they still need to know. When determining how…
Descriptors: Tests, Test Items, Test Construction, Teacher Made Tests

Salend, Suzanne; Salend, Spencer J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The article presents educators with specific strategies to consider in constructing teacher-made tests to optimize the performance of mainstreamed students. Guidelines relating to content and format of tests as well as test-taking behaviors are discussed. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Teacher Made Tests
Wood, Judy W.; Aldridge, Jerry T. – Academic Therapy, 1985
Teacher-made tests can be adapted for learning disabled students during the process of test construction (incorporating aspects of directions, individual items, and test design) or during test administration. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Teacher Made Tests, Test Construction
Williams, Jane M. – 1986
Suggested accommodations for mainstreamed secondary learning disabled students on teacher made tests are presented. Suggestions are grouped into general; format; and test taking modifications (presentation, recording, and scoring). Among the many suggestions made are the following: watch readability of questions; assure test is clearly printed;…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Teacher Made Tests

Brown, William R. – Clearing House, 1998
Discusses nine factors affecting the relationship between learning and test performance that can be controlled by the teacher: time on task, level of learning, question format, number of questions, inclusion of past work, difficulty level, grouping, use of new items, and difficulty distribution. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Teacher Made Tests, Test Construction
Newman, Dorothy C.; Stallings, William M. – 1982
An assessment instrument and a questionnaire (Appendices A and B) were developed to determine how well teachers understand classroom testing principles and to gain information on the measurement preparation and classroom practices of teachers. Two hundred ninety-four inservice teachers, grades 1 through 12, from three urban school systems in…
Descriptors: Competence, Educational Testing, Measurement, Teacher Education Programs

Conderman, Greg; Koroghlanian, Carol – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2002
This article presents guidelines for writing better test items to evaluate student learning better. Recommendations are provided for writing true-false items (test only one idea in each item), multiple-choice items (include the bulk of information in the stem), and matching items (only use homogeneous lists). Examples are provided. (Contains 7…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Teacher Made Tests

Linn, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
Four considerations that enhance the instructional importance of tests are content match, use of feedback, a flagging function, and the increasing tendency to attach sanctions and rewards to standardized test results. These sanctions are apt to force greater attention to the other three characteristics, strengthening the links between instruction…
Descriptors: Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Measurement Objectives, Minimum Competency Testing