ESEM5153 ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION

COURSE PLAN AND ASSIGNMENT

Course Leader:
A. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Mohd
Noor
Office:
FESS
UNITAR International University
3-01A, Level 3, Tierra Crest
Jalan SS6/3 Kelana Jaya
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Course Code/Title:
ESEM5153: Assessment in
Education
Telephone:
Office: 03-7627 7201
HS: 012-6139786
Email:
abdullah_mohdnoor@unitar.my

Semester/Year:
May 2014
Date Amended:
14/5/2014

ESEM5153MC Enrolment Key

STUDY GUIDE

Topic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Lecture
Tutorial
Educational Assessment
Exercises 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Domains of Learning Outcomes and Test Plan
Exercises 2.1, 2.2
Basic Statistics in Assessment:
Exercises 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Reliability and Validity
Exercises 4.1, 4.2
Objective Tests and Items Writing
Exercises 5.1, 5.2
Subjective Tests and Items Writing
Exercises 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Item Analysis
Exercises 7.1, 7.2
Grading and Reporting
Exercises 8.1, 8.2
Interpretations of Test Scores
Exercises 9.1, 9.2
Alternative Assessments, Ethical Issues, and Legal
Exercises 10.1,10.2
Implications

COURSE ASSESSMENT
Students will be assessed based on the following course assessments and marks distribution:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Participation in Class
Exercises
Assignment
Final Examination

5%
25%
30%
40%
100%

COURSE/ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are required to abide by the Universitys Academic Regulations pertaining to all matters
during their course of study. Students are advised to take note that class attendance is very
important. Students are required to participate actively in class discussion, exercises, assignment
presentations and other class activities. Eligibility to sit for the final examination of the course is
based on your attendance performance of the face to face classes. Students on full-time-learning
mode must meet 70% of attendance requirement, while those on distance-learning mode must
meet 50% of the attendance requirement to be able to sit for the Final Examination of the course.
COURSE REFERENCE(S)
Thorndike, Robert & Thorndike-Christ, Tracy (2009). Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology
and Educational (8th edition). New York: Prentice Hall, Inc.
1

COURSE ASSIGNMENT
You are to choose ONE (1) topic from a particular subject (i.e. Mathematics, English, etc.) and
assess students achievement of learning outcomes for the topic. The steps are as follows:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

Choose a topic from a particular subject to be assessed.

Write down THREE (3) learning outcomes for the topic.
Prepare Test Specification Table (TST) to assess the learning outcomes.
Prepare SIX (6) objective questions (2 for each Learning Outcome) with answers; and
ONE (1) subjective question with answer rubric [based on FIVE (5) levels of answer
quality]. Give ONE (1) mark for each objective question and FOUR (4) marks for the
subjective question (total of 10 marks).
Administer the test, mark both objective and subjective questions, and add up the marks
for each student.
Do item analysis (Item Difficulty, Discrimination & Distraction Indices).
Explain why each question is either very simple/very difficult, or has low discrimination
index, or has low distraction index. Suggest how to improve each of the weak questions.
Prepare an assessment report for each student ranking from highest mark to lowest mark.
Include sample answer paper of ONE (1) student.

Notes: (a) You may administer the test to at least 20 students (more is better).
(b) You may do the assignment in group of maximum three (3) students.
FLOWCHART FOR ASSIGNMENT
Select Topic
Write 3 Learning Outcomes
Prepare Test Specification
Table
Develop Test Questions
Administer Test, Mark
Answers & Add Marks
Do Item Analysis
Write Explanations and
Suggestions
Write Assessment Report

Include 1 Students
Answer Paper

FORMAT OF REPORT
(1) Topic: ________________________________________________________________
(2) Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this topic, students will be able to:
(a) ___________________________________________________________________
(b) ___________________________________________________________________
(c) ___________________________________________________________________
(3) Test Specification Table:
Learning Outcome
Learning Outcome (a)
Learning Outcome (b)
Learning Outcome (c)
Learning Outcome (a), (b) or (c)
Total Marks

C1

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

C..

P1

P..

A1

A..

Total
Marks
2

1
1

2
2

4
10

Questions 1- 6 are objective and question 7 is subjective.

(4) Item Analysis of six (6) Objective Questions (mark * for correct answer):
Questions 1-6
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
A. ___________________________________________________________________
B. ___________________________________________________________________
C. ___________________________________________________________________
D. ___________________________________________________________________
Students
Upper 25%
Moderate
Lower 25%
Total

10
20
10
40

Distracter Index
Comments

A*
8
12
2
22

Options
B
C

1
3
4
8

1
3
2
6

0
2
2
4

Difficulty
Index
P = C
T
= 22
40
= 0.55 (55%)

Discrimination
Index
D = CU CL
(1/2)TUL

=82
(1/2)(10+10)
= 6 = 0.60
0.20 0.10 0.15
10
Option B is a better
The item is moderately The item has moderate
distracter
difficult.
discrimination.

(a)

Explain why the item is very simple or very difficult.

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

(b)

Explain why the item has low discrimination

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(c)

Explain why the item has low distraction.

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

(d)

Suggest how to improve the weak items.

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

(5) Subjective question and answer rubric:

Question 7 ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Rubric
Quality
Superior

Standard Answer

Mark
4

Aboveaverage
Average

3
2

Belowaverage
Inferior

1
0

(6) Assessment Report for each student:

Mohamad Ibrahim

96% A Outstanding performance Keep up the good work

(7) Sample answer paper of ONE (1) student.