Chapter 7 Developing Assessment Instruments, Terms/Phrases

1.    Goal-Centered Criteria- Test or item criteria used to analyze a goal to identify the sequence of operations and decisions required to achieve it.

 

2.    Criterion-Referenced – Items designed to measure performance on an explicit set of objectives; also known as objective-referenced test items.

3.    Context-Centered Criteria- Test or items criteria used to judge the congruence between the situations used in the assessments and the learning and performance contexts. Authenticity of examples and simulations is the main focus.

4.    Assessment-Centered Criteria- Test or items criteria used to judge item writing qualities such as grammar, spelling, punctuation, clarity, parsimony, and the use of recommended item formatting rules.

5.    Criterion- A standard against which performance or product is measured.