SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Module Overview

What’s Inside?
• Nature and Roles of Assessment
• Principles of High Quality
• Assessment:
Development of Tools for Classroom-Based
• Assessment of assessment results
Interpretation

This course module will introduce you the basic concepts of educational
measurement and evaluation to the assessment of learning outcomes. Also, you will be
taught how to construct test, administer the test and analyze test items. The course module
further addresses how to interpret and validate test.

At the completion of this module, you are able to:

 Explain the nature and roles of a good assessment, and its relevance to learners,
teachers, parents, and stakeholders.
 Critique teacher-made tests as to the principles of high quality assessment.
 Construct sample classroom assessment test for measuring target learning
outcomes.
 Interpret a given set of assessment data for reporting purposes.
 Make a lesson with aligned learning objectives, teaching-learning activities and
assessment.

Are you ready? Then, let’s get it on!

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LOURDES L. BAUYA
 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

UNIT 3
DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR CLASSROOM-BASED
ASSESSMENT

Lesson 2 Selecting and Constructing Test Items and Tasks

O bjectives :

At the end of the lesson you should be able to:

determine the different test types and its distinguishing features;
identify test types appropriate to gauge the learning outcomes provided; and
construct higher-order test items and task based on the crafted TOS.

Introduction

Welcome to Lesson 2 of Module 3! This lesson introduces you to a useful menu

of test types that are appropriate to gauge the learning outcomes proposed by the
curriculum standards, how to select them and how to construct them.

Abstraction:

See attached PDF

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 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Application:

 Task. Test Construction

1. Each group should craft a TOS following the format provided.

Table of Specifications for ______________

Purpose of the test _______________________

Content/ Learning # of # of Level of Competencies Item Test

Subject Outcomes/ hours Items Placement Format
Area Objectives spent

Comp. Application/ Synthesis

Analysis Evaluation
(50%) (30%) (20%)

Total # of
Items

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 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
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2. Assignment will be as follows:

Group 1 (Corea, Abellanosa, Alcover, Asuncion, Salazar Jemelyn )

Group 2 (Achas, Aquino, Bajao, Cabreros, Cancio, Caniedo)
Group 3 (Alamo, Cordova, Corteza, Costan, Binas)
Group 4 (Ayuste, Cruza, Culla, Deang, Suplac)

Development of Tools for Classroom-Based Assessment

Lesson: Planning the Test
Specific Learning Objectives:
1. identify the steps in planning the test; (allocated time for lecture-30 minutes)
a. Identify the purpose of test in a given testing events;
b. Identify the test format appropriate in a given learning objectives;
2. explain what is TOS and its forms; (allocated time for lecture-30 minutes)
3. make a sample TOS of any of its forms. (allocated time for lecture and
performance -60 minutes)

Group 5 (LLoren, Fermillan, Jamora, Llorca, Subricaray)

Group 6 (Suplac, Lorenzana, Macabudbod, Magno, Sison)
Group 7 (Tiempo, Nunez, Oberez, Paniza, Salazar)
Group 8 (Suson, Patosa, Payosing, Polina, Salarda)

Lesson: Selecting and Constructing Test Items and Tasks

Specific Learning Objectives:
1. determine the different test types and its distinguishing features;
(allocated time for lecture-60 minutes)
2. categorize the general test types and its sub-types; and
(allocated time for lecture-15 minutes)
3. construct higher-order test items and task based on the crafted TOS.
(allocated time for lecture and performance -60 minutes)

3. Construct an appropriate test items and task following the TOS you have made.

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LOURDES L. BAUYA
 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Good Job!
You are done with Lesson 2 of this Unit. Should there be some parts of the lesson which
you need to clarify, please note that in our GC, or you can call in my mobile phone.

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 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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