Assessment

Assessment---both large and small scale---is a cornerstone of this blog. Students can do no better than the work they are given, so why not make it the best we can?

You can use the assessment label to search all of the posts on this blog that are related to the topic.


Large-scale Assessment
I've seen the sausage get made. I know how items are written. I've seen how they get selected for The Test. I've been to where thousands of student responses are scored at a time. These posts will give you some inside information on the whole thing.

• From Standard to Assessment: Item Writing
• From Standard to Assessment: Item Development
• From Standard to Assessment: Pilot to Test
• How to Build a Test
• What is "Rangefinding"?

And from my AP Bio teaching days, you can have a look at how those exams are scored.