Properties of

Assessment
Methods
PROPERTIES
OF
ASSESSMENT
METHODS
• Is the degree to which a
test measures what is
supposed to measure.
Approaches to the validity of tests.
It is the degree to which
test items match some
objective criterion.
Is the degree to which a
test measures an
attribute or quality it is
supposed to measure.
 Refers to the degree or
extent to which scores on
a test can predict later
behavior or test scores.
 Refers to the degree of
relationship between
scores on a test or scale
on another measure of
established validity given
at about the same time.
It is when the test item is
judged against a specific
criterion.
• refers
is the degree
to the to which an
assessment tool
instrument‟s
produces stable
consistency and and
consistent results.
stability.
FOUR METHODS TO CHECK
RELIABILITY OF TESTS
 Used to assess the
degree to which different
raters/observers give
consistent estimates of
the same phenomenon
 Used to assess the
consistency of a
measure from one time
to another.
 Used to assess the
consistency of the results
of two tests constructed
in the same way from the
same content domain
 Used to assess the
consistency of results
across items within a test
• - Students need to know exactly
what the learning targets are and
what method of assessment will be
used
• Assessment has to be
viewed as an
opportunity to learn
rather than an
opportunity to weed
out poor and slow
learners.
• Teachers should be familiar
with the test,
• number of items is not
complicated.
• Implementable
• The term “ethics” refers o the
question of right and wrong.
• Webster defines ethical(behavior)
as „conforming to the standards of
conduct of a given
profession or group‟.