TESTING

How to Write Better Tests
Lucy Jacobs, Indiana University, Bloomington (1990)
http://www.indiana.edu/~best/pdf_docs/better_tests.pdf
A 16 page "How to" plan, write and score tests using different item formats--essays, multiple-choice, true-false, matching, completion.

Quick Guide to Better Tests
Instructional Support Services, Indiana University, Bloomington (1998)
http://www.indiana.edu/~best/pdf_docs/quickguide.pdf
The two-page version

Designing Tests to Maximize Learning
Richard M. Felder, (2002)
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/TestingTips.htm
Excellent guidelines for making testing fair and perceived as fair by students.

Test Construction: Some Practical Ideas
Marilla Svinicki, The University of Texas at Austin, (2003)
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/tests.pdf
Steps for developing good tests of various types; also has good suggestions for grading short answer and essay questions.

Multiple Choice Test
Jay Parkes, University of New Mexico http://www.flaguide.org/cat/mutiplechoicetest/
multiple_choice_test7.html
Clear primer on writing multiple choice tests for assessing learning. Also includes several other assessment links.

Improving Multiple Choice Tests
Victoria Clegg & William Cashin (1986)
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_16.pdf
A solid how-to approach.

Improving Essay Tests
William Cashin (1987)
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_17.pdf
Benefits of essay tests; recommendations for constructing them; includes recommendations for grading essay questions.

Assessment that Promotes Learning
John P. Lowe (1994)
http://www.psu.edu/dept/celt/Lowe.html
Description of how an instructor gets students to think about their approaches to learning.

>> See also: Classroom Assessment

>> See also: Grading