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Peer reviewedBrown, 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
Brown, William R. – 1988
The evaluation tools written by teachers are rarely valid or reliable. One teaching aid that can help in the creation of an effective evaluation instrument is called a test map. A test map is a systematic method to consider variables that are important in the construction of the format of a test. Five variables that are discussed in the test…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Student Evaluation
