Educational Assessment

Scoring reliability practices are the methods teachers and test developers use to make sure that the same student work earns

Essay scoring rubrics are structured guides that describe what strong, middling, and weak writing looks like across several qualities of

Constructed response scoring is the process of judging open-ended answers, such as short written explanations, worked solutions, or essays, rather

Short answer item writing is the craft of creating test questions that require students to produce a brief written response

Multiple choice item writing is the craft of building test questions that offer a stem and a set of answer

Item writing guidelines are a set of practical rules that help teachers and test developers write questions that measure what

Test specification tables are planning documents that show, in a grid, what an exam will cover and how each topic

Assessment blueprinting is a planning method that maps what a test should measure before a single question is written. Teachers

Cut score determination is the process of deciding which test score separates one performance level from another, such as passing

Standard setting procedures are the organized methods educators and testing experts use to decide where the line between performance levels