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• How can I heat up my assessments?

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Making Good Assessments

• What documents do I need when creating
  assessments?
• APCC
• GLEs
• Big Picture
• Guiding Questions
• What format should I use when creating
  assessments?
• The more GEE like the better!
• What types of questions should be included on my
  assessments?
• Multiple Choice
• Constructed Response

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Making Good Assessments

• What are the parts of a multiple choice item?

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Making Good Assessments

• What are the parts of a multiple choice item?
• 1. Stem
• Foundation of the item
• States the problem

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Making Good Assessments

• What are the parts of a multiple choice item?
• 1. Stem
• How do I create a good stem?
• CLEARLY state the problem/question
• Dont use ambiguous wording
• Do not include irrelevant information
• Emphasize qualifiers such as EXCEPT and BEST in
  the stem item.

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Making Good Assessments

• What are the parts of a multiple choice item?
• 2. Alternatives
• Answer
• Distractors
• What is the purpose of a distractor?
• Distractors should appear to be plausible answers
  for students who have NOT met the objective.
• Conversely, distracters will appear as
  implausible for those students who HAVE met the
  objective.

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Making Good Assessments

• How do I create good alternatives (answers and
  distractors)?
• Write the answer first, then create the
  distractors
• Only provide plausible distractors.
• Alternatives should be similar in length.
• Provide alternatives in logical order
• Ex Dates, events, steps in a process
• Avoid using all of the above, none of the
  above, always, and never
• Avoid textbook or verbatim phrasing
• Avoid clues in the answer choices that give away
  the correct response.
• Make sure that the correct response is the ONLY
  correct response.

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Making Good Assessments

•  How can I heat up my multiple choice questions?
• Write the item with a specific objective and GLE
  in mind
• ALIGNMENT!
• The level of multiple choice items can be
  controlled by modifying the stem and
  alternatives.
• Take it to the next level

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Making Good Assessments

• Abbott with examples

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Making Good Assessments

• This sounds like an awful lotits okay
• Take it one assessment at a timeselect a handful
  of questions to improve on each assessment
• Research and utilize resources
• Collaborate
• Practice, practice, practice
• Why not start now. ?