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Using A Table Of Specifications To Improve Teacher-Constructed Traditional Tests: An Experimental Design, Nicole Barnes, Helenrose Fives, Emily S. Krause
Using A Table Of Specifications To Improve Teacher-Constructed Traditional Tests: An Experimental Design, Nicole Barnes, Helenrose Fives, Emily S. Krause
Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works
We investigated if instruction on a Table of Specifications (TOS) would influence the quality of classroom test construction. Results should prove informative for educational researchers, teacher educators, and practising teachers interested in evidenced-based strategies that may improve assessment-related practices. Fifty-three college undergraduates were randomly assigned to an experimental (exposed to the TOS strategy) and a comparison condition (no specific strategy support) and given materials for an instructional unit to use to construct a classroom test. Results of a multivariate analysis of covariance suggested that students exposed to the TOS strategy constructed a test with higher test content evidence but not …