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Introduction To Educational Measurement: Cramming A SemesterLong Course Into A One‐Hour Presentation, Tony Albano
Introduction To Educational Measurement: Cramming A SemesterLong Course Into A One‐Hour Presentation, Tony Albano
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1. Test design 1. Construct – the unobservable trait or attribute we want to measure; 2. Operationalizing – translating the construct into something observable; 3. Measurement – using scores to represent amounts of the construct via operations; 4. Scale – a set of operations (items) used to create composite scores; 5. Inference – assuming our scores describe some change in the construct; 6. Reliability – extent to which inferences are consistent; 7. Validity – extent to which inferences are accurate; 8. Purpose – the who, what, and why
2. Item writing — Standards or learning objectives – define what students …