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ASSESSMENT TOOLS
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING 1
The assessment tools of teacher-made test are
divided into;
1. OBJECTIVE TESTS
2. ESSAY TESTS
Objective Test
There are two main types of Objective Tests.
These are the;
• Recall Type
• Recognition Type
The recall type is categorized into (1) simple

recall and (2) completion.
Objective Test
The recognition type is categorized into :

(1) alternative response; (2) multiple-choice;
(3)matching type; (4) rearrangement; (5)
analogy; and (6) identification.
• Recall Type
• Simple-Recall Type
This type of test is the easiest to construct among the

objective type of test because the item appears as a
direct question, a sentence, word, or phrase or even a
specific direction. The response requires the examinee
to recall previously learned lessons and the answers are
usually short consisting of either word or phrase.
This test is applicable in mathematics and
natural science subjects like biology,
chemistry, and physics where the stimulus
appears in a form of a problem that requires
computation.
Rules and Suggestions for the Construction of Simple-Recall
Type
• The test items must be worded that the response

is brief as possible, preferably a single word,
number, symbol, or a brief phrase. This
objectifies and facilitates scoring.
• The direct question is preferable than the
statement form. It is easier to phrase and more
natural to the examinees.
Type
• The blanks for their responses must be in a

column preferably at the right column of the
items. This arrangements facilitates scoring
and is more convenient to the examinees
because they do not have to turn their neck to
go back to the left column to write their
answer before the item.
Type
It is obsolete, though, this arrangement has been

practice for more than a century. The right
column response arrangement is more
convenient because the examinees write their
response directly to the right column.
Type
• The question must be so worded that there is only
one correct response. Whenever this is impossible,
all acceptable answers must be included in the
scoring key.
• Make a minimum use of textbook language in
wording the question. Unfamiliar phrasing reduces
the possibility of correct responses that represent
more meaningless verbal associations.
Sample Test Items of Simple-Recall
Convert the following:
1. 5 meters to centimeters 1. 500 cm
2. 7 liters to milliliters 2. 7 ml
3. 8 grams to milligrams 3. 8 000 mg
4. 32 degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade 4. 0c
5. 9 kilowatts to watts 5. 9 000 w
6. 18 000 grams to kilograms 6. 18 kg
7. 100 degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit 7. 212 F
8. 900 centimeters to meters 8. 9 m
9. 15 kilometers to meters 9. 15 000 m
10. If four kilograms of ripe mangoes cost 240.00, 10. 720.00
how much is the total cost of 12 kilograms ripe mangoes?
• Recall Type
2. Completion Test
This test consist of a series of items that requires

the examinee to fill the blank with the missing word
or phrase to complete a statement. A test item may
contain one or more blanks. This type of test is also
called Fill in the blank.
Rules and Suggestions for the Construction of Completion Test
• Give the student a reasonable basis for the

responses desired. Avoid indefinite statements.
Example: Jose Rizal was born in

The statement is indefinite or vague because the
response is either date or place of birth.
*Avoid over mutilated statements.
*Avoid over mutilated statements.
Example: The is obtained by dividing the by

the .
The previous example is confusing because it does not

indicate whether the statement refers to Statistics or
to a Mathematical procedure.
Improved Form:
The mean is obtained by dividing the (1) by the

(2) .
1. Sum of scores
2. Number of cases
2. Avoid giving the examinee unwarranted clues

to the desired response.
There are several ways in which clues are often

carelessly given. The following suggestions may
help prevent common errors in constructing
completion test.
a. Avoid lifting statements directly from the book.

b. Omit only key words or phrases rather than
trivial details.
c. Whenever possible avoid “a” or “an” before a
blank this articles give a clue of whether a
response start with consonant or a vowel.
d. Do not indicate the expected response by varying

the length of blank or by using a dot for each letter in
the correct word.
e. Guard against the possibility that one item or part of
the test may suggest the correct response to another
item.
f. Avoid giving grammatical clues to the expected
answer.
3. Arrange the test so as to facilitate scoring.
a. Allow one point for each blank correctly filled. Avoid

fractional credits or unequal weighing of items in a test.
b. Select the items to which only one correct response is
possible.
c. Arrange the items in a way that the examinees responses
are in the right column of the sentence.
Illustration:
1. The father of Educational measurement is . 1. Thorndike
2. The country noted as first leader of 2. France
abnormal psychology is .
3. Intelligence quotient is obtained by 3. Mental Age
dividing the by the chronological age.
4. The country wherein first psychological 4. Germany
laboratory was established is .
5. A German psychologist who was the 5. Ebbinghaus
founder of quantitative study of memory is .
d. Scoring is more rapid if the blanks are

numbered and the examinee is directed to write
his answer in the appropriate numbered blanks.
e. Prepare a scoring key by writing on another

sheet of test paper all acceptable answer.
Sample Test Items for Completion Test
Direction: Fill in the blank the correct word or phrase. Write

your answer at the right column blank.
1. The Philippine national hero is 1. Jose Rizal

2. The Philippine national fish is 2. Milkfish
3. The Philippine national flower is 3. Sampaguita
4. The Philippine national fruit is 4. Mango
5. The Philippine national leaf is 5. Anahaw
There are six kinds of recognition type test. These are ;
• Alternative response
• Multiple choice
• Matching type
• Analogy
• Rearrangement; and
• Identification
• Alternative Response
- This test consist of a series of items where it

admits only one correct response for each item from
two or three constant options to be chosen. This type is
commonly used in classroom testing, particularly, the
two-constant alternative type, namely, true-false type or
yes-no type.
Other types of constant alternative-response test are:

three constant alternative type, i.e., true-false, doubtful;
and constant alternative with correction, i.e., modified
true-false type.
Suggestions for the Construction of True-False Test
1. The test must be arrange in groups of five to facilitate scoring. The

groups must be separated by two single spaces and the items
within a group by a single space.
2. In indicating response, it must be as simple as possible where
single letter is enough to facilitate scoring, for instance, T for True
and F for False, or X for True and O for False. It would be better if
responses be place in one column at the right margin to facilitate
scoring.
3. The use of similar statements from the book must

be avoided to minimize rote memory in studying.
4. The items must be carefully constructed so that the
language is within the level of the examinees, hence,
flowery statements should be avoided.
5. Specific determiners like “all” “always” “none” “never”
“not” “nothing” and “no” are more likely to be false and
should be avoided.
6. Determiners such as “may” “some” “seldom”

“sometimes” “usually” and “often” are more likely to be
true, hence, the said determiners must be avoided
because they give indirect suggestion to probable
answers.
7. Qualitative terms like “few” “many” “great”
“frequent” and “large” are vague and indefinite and
they must be avoided.
8. Statements which are partly right and partly

wrong must be avoided.
9. Statements must be strongly considered that
they represent either true or false.
10. Ambiguous and double negative statements
must be avoided.
Illustration
Direction: Write X if the statement is True, and
O if false. Write your answer at the right column blank.
Consider your answers carefully; this is right minus
wrong.
1. Valid test is always valid 1. X

2. Reliable test is always valid 2. O
3. Validity is veracity of response 3. X
Illustration
4. Reliability means the degree to which test 4. O

measures what is intended to measure.
5. Construct validity is commonly used in 5. O

Achievement test.
• Multiple-choice Test
- This test is made up of items which consists of
three or more plausible options for each item. The
choices are multiple so that the examinees may choose
only one correct or best option for each item.
The multiple choice is regarded as one of the best test forms
in testing outcomes. This test form is most valuable and
widely used in standardized test due to its flexibility and
objectivity in terms scoring, For teacher-made test it is
applicable in testing the vocabulary , reading comprehension,
relationship, interpretation of graphs, formulae, tables, and in
drawing of inferences from a set of data.
Suggestions for the Construction of Multiple-Choice Test
1. Statements borrowed from the textbook or

reference book must be avoided. Use unfamiliar
phrasing to test the comprehension of students.
2. All options must be plausible with each other to let

the students attract the distractors or incorrect
responses where only those with high intellectual
level can get the correct answer.
3. All options must be grammatically consistent. For

instance, if the stem is singular, the option are also
singular.
4. Articles “a” and “an” are avoided as last word in an

incomplete sentence. These articles give students
clues that are probable answer starts with a consonant
or vowel.
5. Four or more options must be included in each item

to minimize guessing.
6. The order of correct answer in all items must be
randomly arranged rather than following a regular
pattern.
7. A uniform number of options must be used in all
items. For instance, if there are four options in item 1,
the rest of the items must also have four options.
8. The correct option must be of the same length with the

distractors or wrong answers.
9. Homogeneity of the options must be increased in order for
the examinee to choose the correct option by using logical
elimination.
10. The simplest method of indicating a response must be
used to facilitate scoring. For instance, the options in each
item are numbered or lettered, Hence, the choice is either a
number or a letter.
Kinds of Multiple-Choice
Multiple-choice has five varieties.

These are: (1) Stem-and-options variety, (2)
setting-and-options variety, (3) group-term variety,
(4) structured-response variety, and the (5)
contained-options variety.
1. Stem-and-options variety
This variety is most commonly used in
classroom testing, board examinations, civil
service examinations, and many others. The stem
serves as the problem and followed by four more
plausible options in which examinees choose the
best option or correct answer.
2. Setting-and-options variety
The optional responses to this type of
multiple choice test is dependent upon a setting
of foundation of some sort. A setting can be a
form of sentence , paragraph, graph, equation,
picture or some forms of representation.
3. Group-term variety
This variety consists of group of

words or terms in which one does not
belong to the group.
4. Structured-response variety
This variety makes use of structured response
which are commonly used in natural science
classroom testing. For instance, directly, indirectly,
and no way. This is to test how good the
examinees in determining statements which are
related to each other.
5. Contained-options variety
This variety is designed to identify

errors in a word, phrase, or sentence in
a paragraph.
• Matching type
Matching type consists of two columns in which proper
pairing relationship of two things is strictly observed. For
instance, Column A is to be matched with Column B.
In balanced matching type , the number of items are equal to

the number of options. For example, there are 15 items in
Column A, Column B should also have 15 items.
• Matching type
In unbalanced matching type, there is unequal number of

items and number of options. There are less number of
items than number of options. For instance, if there are
10 items in Column A, there should be more than 10
items in Column B.
Suggestions for the Construction of Matching type
1. Using heterogeneous materials must be avoided. Only

homogeneous materials are used. For example in item 1,
the answer is date, hence, all the answers must be dates.
If dates are used, use only dates. No combination of
dates and events, persons and dates, terms and person
and the like.
2. Unbalanced matching type is preferable wherein there
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are more options than items to minimize the guessing
factor.
3. Each category must be grammatically consistent.

4. All options including distractors or wrong responses are plausible or
closely related with each other.
5. The item column or Column A must be placed at the left and option
column of Column B must be placed at the right.
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6. Option column must be arranged in alphabetical order, if dates in
chronological order, to facilitate the selection of correct answer. To
facilitate the examinees not to read all the options.
7. There must be only one correct response in each item.

8. Be sure each item has a pair in the option column.
9. The ideal number of item is 5 to 10 and maximum of 15.
10.All items and options must appear in one page to avoid
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waste of time and energy in turning the pages.
• Rearrangement type
Rearrangement type consists of multiple-option

where it requires a chronological, logical or rank
order.
• Analogy
Analogy is a type of test which is made up of items
consisting of a pair of words related to each other. It is
designed to measure the ability of the examinee to
observe the relationship of the first word to the second
word.
There are 15 kinds of relationship of analogy test and
these are;
• 15 kinds of relationship of analogy test
1. Purpose
2. Cause and Effect
3. Part-Whole
4. Part-Part
5. Action to Object
6. Object to Action
7. Synonym
8. Antonym
• 15 kinds of relationship of analogy test
9. Place
10. Degree
11. Characteristics
12. Sequence
13. Grammatical
14. Numerical
15. Association
Suggestions for the Construction of Analogy Type of Test
1. The relationship of the first pair of word is equal to the

relationship of the second.
2. Distractors or incorrect responses must be plausible or
closely related to the correct answer to attract the
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examinees to the incorrect response. The process of
obtaining the correct answer is by logical elimination.
3. All options must be constructed in parallel language.

4. All option must be grammatically consistent.
5. Four or more options in each item must be included to
minimize guessing. If using three options, correction
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formula (Right minus one-half Wrong or R-W/2) is applied.
6. Only homogeneous relationship must be included in each

item. For instance, if sequence relationship is used in the
first pair, the second pair is also in sequence relationship.
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• Identification type
This type of test require the examinees to

identify what is being defined in the statement or
sentence and there are no options to choose from.
Advantages of Objective Type of Test
1. Easy to correct score. As regards to ease in scoring yje test,

the objective test is easy to correct or score because it usually
requires short responses in each item. Responses may contain
a letter, number, word or phrase in each item.
2. Eliminates subjectivity. An objective test eliminates
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subjectivity in scoring because responses are short and exact.
3. Adequate sampling. More items are included in objective test

wherein validity and reliability can be observed.
4. Objectivity in scoring. Objectivity in scoring this type of test can
be done easily because the answers are only short and only one
response is required in each item.
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5. Eliminates bluffing. Bluffing is eliminated in objective type of
test because examinees choose only from the options provided.
6. Norms can be established. Due to adequate sampling of

objective type of test, norms can be established.
7. Saves time and energy in answering questions. Objective

type of test saves the examinees time and energy in answering
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questions because it involves short statement and there are
options provided for them to choose their answers from.
Disadvantages of Objective Type of Test
1. Difficult to construct. Construction of objective test is difficult
because there are so many items involved.
2. Encourages cheating and guessing. Objective test encourages
cheating and guessing due to short response in each item.
Response can be a letter, a number, a word, or a phrase.
3. Time consuming. Because there are so many items in an
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objective test, preparation of this kind of test is time consuming
on the part of the teacher.
Disadvantages of Objective Type of Test
4. Expensive. Due to adequate sampling of objective test, it is expensive
when it comes to duplicating the test materials because questions cannot
be written on the board. It is disadvantageous to schools with inadequate
duplicating facilities.
5. Encourages rote memorization. Objective test encourages rote
memorization rather than logical memorization since responses for each
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item only involves a letter, a number, a word or a phrase. Examinees
abilities to think critically, express, organize, and reasoning are not fully
developed.
Essay Test
Essay test are assessment tools which consist of
specific question or problem wherein the examinees
respond in one or more sentences. It is widely
considered to measure students ability to think and
express their ideas critically within a certain period of
time.
Suggestions in Constructing Essay Test
1. Essay test must be planned in advanced by the

teacher to have effective results.
2. Major aspects of the lesson must be framed in
preparing the questions of essay test, hence,
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careful and even distribution of the lessons must be
observed.
3. After the test has been planned and questions have been
written tentatively, precautions on the causes of unreliability
must be taken.
4. In assembling the questions into its final form, the
yeacher must be careful that questions are phrased clearly
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so that the scope of the question is clear to the students.
5. Time limit on the coverage of each question
must be considered to give students adequate

time to answer.
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Advantages of Essay Test
1. Easy to construct. Essay test is easy to construct
because only few items involved.
2. Economical. Essay test is economical because the
questions can be written on the board. It is also
economical to schools which lack the duplicating facilities
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like computers, mimeographing machines, scanners,
printers and many others.
3. Saves time and energy. It saves the time and energy of
classroom teacher in constructing the test because few number of
test items are involved.
4. Trains the core of organizing ideas. Essay test trains the
students to organized their ideas.
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5. Minimize guessing. It minimizes guessing because the answer
is long wherein it involves a sentence or more.
6. Develops critical thinking. Essay test develops the
students critical thinking in logical analysis , comparison,
discussion, and reorganization of facts.
7. Minimize cheating. Cheating is minimized in essay test
because the response is evaluated according to content and
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form and the answer is long. It involves one or more
sentences.
8. Minimize rote memorization. Rote memorization is minimized

in essay test because the answer to the question needs logical
discussion, expression of ideas, analysis, and reasoning power.
9. Develops good study habits. Essay test develops good study
habits on the part of the students because studying the lessons
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with comprehension and logical understanding is needed to easily
answer essay questions.
10. Develops student’s ability to express their own

ideas. Essay test develops the students ability to express
their ideas, abilities, and reasoning power.
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Disadvantages of Essay Test
1. Low validity. Essay test has low validity because it has
limited sample since there are only few items involved.
2. Low reliability. Essay test has low reliability because of
subjectivity in scoring. Teachers react favorably to test
papers of bright students and react unfavorably to weak
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students test papers.
3. Low practicability. Essay test is time consuming on the part of the
teacher in scoring the test and also time consuming on the part of the
students in answering the questions, hence, much time and energy are
wasted.
4. Encourage bluffing. Essay test encourages the students to bluff their
response especially if the answer involves a paragraph or two. In return the
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teacher gets tired in reading the answers and his reaction is either to react
favorably or unfavorably to the response.
5. Difficult to correct or score. Essay test is difficult to

correct or score because the answer is too long to read.
6. Disadvantage to students with poor penmanship. It is

disadvantage to students with poor penmanship because
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the teacher will have hard tie in reading the contents of his
answers.
Steps in Constructing Teacher-Made Assessment Tools
Objective and Essay tests as assessment tools are both

teacher-made. The steps in constructing teacher-made
assessment tools are as follows:
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1. Planning the test. In planning the test, five
principle must be considered. These are as follows:
a. A careful statement of the philosophy of the school

and objectives of the particular subject must be
available.
b. Adequate provisions for review must be made
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taking into consideration the adequacy of facilities
and equipment.
c. The purpose of the test must be defined.If the

purpose of the test is for diagnosis, it nust reveal the
specific weaknesses of the students as basis for
remedial instruction. However, if the purpose is to
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appraise the critical thinking and reasoning power, the
scores are to be usedfor classification and grouping.
d. The nature of the test must take into consideration

the condition under which it is to be administered. In
planning the test, such factors as age, experience of
the examinees, testing environment , ventilation, cost
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of materials and duplicating facilities must be
considered.
e. Length of the test must be determined. The time

element by the purpose it is to serve.
2. Preparing the test. The rules and suggestions in
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preparing the test are as follows:
a. The first draft of the test must be prepared as early

as possible.
b. The test must include more than one type of item.
Two or three types of objective test may be used to
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minimize monotony on the part of the examinee.
c. The items are arranged in ascending order from

most easy to most difficult.
d. More items must be stated included on the first
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draft of the test for possible inclusion on the final
draft. Items with less important must be deleted.
e. The first and final draft of the test must be revised

and refined.
f. The items must be stated in order that the whole
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content functions in determining the answer rather
than a part of it.
g. The items of similar type must be placed together in the

same test.
h. A regular sequence in the pattern of response must be
avoided The order of response must be incidental rather
than a regular pattern.
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i. The direction of the test must be brief, clear, and complete
to the examinees.
3. Reproducing the test. In reproducing the test , the

following must be considered:
a. To facilitate in reproducing the test, duplicating facilities
must be available in every institution.
b. Every school must be provided with facilitative staffs to
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do the encoding, printing, scanning, and mimeographing
the test questions.
4. Administering the test. In the administration of the test,

the following must be observed:
a. The test must be administered in an environment
familiar to the examinees.
b. Examinees must be sit far apart, free from books and
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notebooks.
c. Typographical errors must be corrected to the class

before the test begins.
d. It is not advisable to administer the test before and after
a holiday.
e. Give complete and clear directions before the test begins
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and questions about the direction must not be entertained
while the test is ongoing.
f. The distribution of testing materials must be planned in

advance to save time and effort.
g. Entertain briefly questions raised while the test is going
on.
h. In timing the test, the examiner must write on the board
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the time the test has started, and the time it will end.
i. The examinee must not be allowed to leave the

examination room except for personal necessities but
within reasonable time limit.
j. The test material must be collected carefully and quickly.
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5. Scoring the test. In scoring the test, the following are to

be remembered:
a. The test procedure in scoring objective tesr is to give one

point of credit for each correct answer.
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b. In case of a test with two or three options in each item,
correction formula is applied.
For two-option test, the correction formula is Score

equals Right minus Wrong or S = R – W. For instance,
the right response is 12 and the wrong response is 5.
Hence, S = R – W or 12 – 5 = 7.
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For three-option test, the correction formula is Score equals Right

minus one half Wrong or S = R - W / 2. For instance, the right
response is 14 and the wrong response id 6. To substitute the
formula, Score = R – W / 2 = 14 – 6 / 2 or 14 – 3 = 11. Hence, S = 14
– 3 = 11.
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However, correction formula is not applicable to four or more
options in a item and to elementary pupils.
6. Evaluating the test. The test is evaluated by the quality

of the students responses and quality of the test itself. The
principles in evaluating the test are as follows:
a. In a general achievement test with 50 percent difficulty in
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each item, items with 100 percent and 0 percent answered
by examinees are valueless and they must be revised.
b. The validity of individual item is determined by index of

discrimination (Idisc) A common practice is to arrange the
test papers from highest or upper group and to lowest
score. One-third from the test papers from high or upper
group and one-third of the lower group from lowest score
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are compared of the same test item.
The middle group is held in abeyance, For instance, in Item

18, there are 51 test papers. One-third of 51 is 07 or 51/3 =
17. Hence there are 17 test papers belonging tonthe upper
group and right response is 15 and 17 test papers belonging
to the lower group with right response of 10. To estimate
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the index of discrimination, consider formula below.

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ASSESSMENT TOOLS

The recall type is categorized into (1) simple

The recognition type is categorized into :

This type of test is the easiest to construct among the

• The test items must be worded that the response

• The blanks for their responses must be in a

It is obsolete, though, this arrangement has been

This test consist of a series of items that requires

• Give the student a reasonable basis for the

Example: Jose Rizal was born in

*Avoid over mutilated statements.

Example: The is obtained by dividing the by

The previous example is confusing because it does not

The mean is obtained by dividing the (1) by the

2. Avoid giving the examinee unwarranted clues

There are several ways in which clues are often

a. Avoid lifting statements directly from the book.

d. Do not indicate the expected response by varying

3. Arrange the test so as to facilitate scoring.

a. Allow one point for each blank correctly filled. Avoid

d. Scoring is more rapid if the blanks are

e. Prepare a scoring key by writing on another

Direction: Fill in the blank the correct word or phrase. Write

1. The Philippine national hero is 1. Jose Rizal

- This test consist of a series of items where it

Other types of constant alternative-response test are:

1. The test must be arrange in groups of five to facilitate scoring. The

3. The use of similar statements from the book must

6. Determiners such as “may” “some” “seldom”

8. Statements which are partly right and partly

1. Valid test is always valid 1. X

4. Reliability means the degree to which test 4. O

5. Construct validity is commonly used in 5. O

1. Statements borrowed from the textbook or

2. All options must be plausible with each other to let

3. All options must be grammatically consistent. For

4. Articles “a” and “an” are avoided as last word in an

5. Four or more options must be included in each item

8. The correct option must be of the same length with the

Multiple-choice has five varieties.

This variety consists of group of

This variety is designed to identify

In balanced matching type , the number of items are equal to

In unbalanced matching type, there is unequal number of

1. Using heterogeneous materials must be avoided. Only

3. Each category must be grammatically consistent.

7. There must be only one correct response in each item.

Rearrangement type consists of multiple-option

1. The relationship of the first pair of word is equal to the

3. All options must be constructed in parallel language.

6. Only homogeneous relationship must be included in each

This type of test require the examinees to

1. Easy to correct score. As regards to ease in scoring yje test,

3. Adequate sampling. More items are included in objective test

6. Norms can be established. Due to adequate sampling of

7. Saves time and energy in answering questions. Objective

1. Essay test must be planned in advanced by the

5. Time limit on the coverage of each question