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    The document discusses various methods for administering tests and evaluating student performance, including: 1) The test administrator plays an important role in setting expectations and putting students at ease during the testing process. 2) A teacher's test administration procedures before, during, and after a test can impact student performance. 3) Common methods for grading student work include letter grades, numbers/percentages, two-category grades, checklists, and rating scales, each with strengths and limitations. Raw scores, percentile ranks, and standard scores are also discussed as ways to interpret test results.

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    Administration of Tests

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    The document discusses various methods for administering tests and evaluating student performance, including: 1) The test administrator plays an important role in setting expectations and putting students at ease during the testing process. 2) A teacher's test administration procedures before, during, and after a test can impact student performance. 3) Common methods for grading student work include letter grades, numbers/percentages, two-category grades, checklists, and rating scales, each with strengths and limitations. Raw scores, percentile ranks, and standard scores are also discussed as ways to interpret test results.

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    The document discusses various methods for administering tests and evaluating student performance, including: 1) The test administrator plays an important role in setting expectations and putting students at ease during the testing process. 2) A teacher's test administration procedures before, during, and after a test can impact student performance. 3) Common methods for grading student work include letter grades, numbers/percentages, two-category grades, checklists, and rating scales, each with strengths and limitations. Raw scores, percentile ranks, and standard scores are also discussed as ways to interpret test results.

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    Administration of Tests

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    The document discusses various methods for administering tests and evaluating student performance, including: 1) The test administrator plays an important role in setting expectations and putting students at ease during the testing process. 2) A teacher's test administration procedures before, during, and after a test can impact student performance. 3) Common methods for grading student work include letter grades, numbers/percentages, two-category grades, checklists, and rating scales, each with strengths and limitations. Raw scores, percentile ranks, and standard scores are also discussed as ways to interpret test results.

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    ADMINISTERING A TEST

    INTRODUCTION:

    Administering the written test is


    perhaps the most important aspect
    of the examining process. The
    atmosphere the test administrator
    creates in the test room and the
    attitude the test administrator
    displays in performing his/her duties
    is extremely important
    The test administrator's
    manner, bearing, and attitude
    may well inspire confidence in
    competitors and put them at
    ease while participating in the
    testing process.
    ADMINISTERING A TEST:

    A teacher's test administration


    procedures can have great impact
    on student test performance.

     Before the test


     After Distributing Test Papers
     During the Test
     After the Test
    TYPES OF SCORE
    Raw Scores :

    A Raw Score is simply the


    number of questions a student
    answers correctly for a test.
    Uses:
    A raw score provides an
    indication of the variability in
    performance among students
    in a classroom.
    Limitations:
    A raw score by itself has no
    meaning. It can be interpreted
    only by comparing it with some
    standard such as total number of
    items for a test or with raw scores
    earned by a comparison group.
    Percentile Rank
    A percentile is a measure
    that tells us what percent of
    the total frequency scored at
    or below that measure. A
    percentile rank is the
    percentage of scores that fall
    at or below a given score.
    Advantages:
    Lay people easily
    understand them

    Easy to interpret
    Limitations:
    Percentile differences are
    not equal
    Standard Scores
    The standard scores indicate a
    student’s relative position in a
    group. It expresses test
    performance in terms of standard
    deviation units from the mean
    The mean is the arithmetical
    average. The standard
    deviation is a measure of the
    spread of scores in a group.
    GRADING
    Grading refers to the process
    of using symbols, such as
    letter to indicate various types
    of students progress (Nitko
    2001).
    Common Methods of
    Grading :
    Letter grades :
    There is a great flexibility in
    the number of grades that can
    be adopted i.e. 3 – 11.
    Limitations:

    Meaning of grades may


    vary widely

    Do not describe


    strengths/weakness of
    students
    Strengths:
    Easy to use

    Easy to
    interpret
    theoretically

    Provide a
    Number/Percentage grades

    (5, 3, 2, 1, 0) or (98%, 80%, 60%


    etc.)
    It is same as letter grades.Only
    difference is that instead of letters
    numbers of percentage is used.
    Strengths:

    Easy to use
    Easy to interpret
    theoretically
    Provide a concise summary
    May be combined with
    letter grades
    More continuous than
    letter grades
    Limitations:

    Meaning of grades may


    vary widely
    Do not describe
    strengths/weaknesses of students
    Meaning may need to
    be explained or
    interpreted.
    Two category grades
    Itis good for courses that
    require mastery of learning.
    Strengths:
    Less emotional for students.

    Limitations :
    Less reliable
    Does not contain enough
    information about student’s
    achievement
    Provides no indication of the level
    of learning.
    CHECK LIST AND RATING SCALE

    They are more detailed and


    since they are too detailed it is
    cumbersome for teachers to
    prepare
    Strengths
    Present detailed lists of
    students’ achievements

    Can be combined with


    letter grades

    Good for clinical evaluation


    Limitations:

    May become too detailed


    to easily comprehend

    Difficult for record keeping.


    Item Discrimination Index (D)
    The item discrimination index of
    a test refers to the degree, which
    the item discriminates between
    high achieving students and low
    achieving students in terms of the
    scores of the total test
    The formula to determine
    item discrimination index is :
    D = R u - R 1/ ½ T
    Ru = number of students in the
    upper group who got the item
    right.
    R1 = number of students in the
    lower group who got the item right.

    ½ T = One half of the total number


    of students included in the

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