Evaluation of Test Materials and Procedures
Previously, you selected one standardized test that has relevancy to your academic and professional goal and focused on the first four elements of the Code for selecting a test. Then in your next assignment, you focused on the fifth element of the Code, which involved analyzing the evidence for technical quality of your selected test.
In this assignment, locate a minimum of five resources (a minimum three peer-reviewed journal articles) pertaining to your test’s construction, item development, procedures utilized in construction to minimize offensive content, and provisions of modifications and accommodations for test takers. You will not be required or need to have a copy of your test to complete this assignment. You may use many different types of references and sources to obtain this information about your test. These references may include journal articles, literature reviews, MMY reviews, and publisher websites.
Information gathering and evaluation of these elements may require a keyword search within each relevant review and research article. It may be helpful to do keyword searches within those documents with the following words: format, fair, fairness, bias, appropriate, accommodations, modifications, and computer or computer assisted. Subsequently, this particular assignment requires a deeper search and provides a broader range of sources to fulfill the minimum references. In almost all cases, you will be able to locate some level of information on these elements.
For some newer test editions, literature may be scarce. Refer back to the Lists of Tests by Type document to see which tests are approved for supplementation with articles that address earlier editions of the tests. If the “Combined Review Allowed” column is marked “Yes,” you can supplement your review with articles addressing the designated prior version of the test.
Delete all instructions before submitting. Instructions are always included in brackets []. Headings are provided for your convenience.]
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Author
Affiliation
Introduction
[Identify the standardized test you selected in Unit 2 and its stated purpose. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
Test Items and Format
[This section must address each of the following: ▪ Identify type or format of test items.
▪ Identify formats of the test that are available (including alternate forms, audio, computer, et cetera). ▪ Identify the types of scores obtained from the test. (Include information about norms.)
▪ Evaluate and identify or cite positive aspects of test items and formats, directions, answer sheets, and score reports. ▪ Evaluate and identify or cite negative aspects of test items and formats, directions, answer sheets, and score reports. ▪ Summarize the quality and appropriateness of the test items and formats, directions, answer sheets, and score
reports. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
Fair and Appropriate Materials
[This section must cover these three points: ▪ Identify or cite positive and negative aspects of test materials that minimize potentially offensive content or language. Explain. ▪ Identify or cite if the test allows appropriate modifications or accommodations. Explain how or why it does not
allow such modifications or accommodations. ▪ Cite at least one AERA standard for Supporting Documentation for Tests (see Chapter 7 of your Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing text) that are implicated in either the positive or negative aspects of your
selected test. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
Use of Technology
[This section must address these points: ▪ Discuss and evaluate how advances in technology have been utilized or incorporated with your selected test to address test items and format. ▪ Discuss and evaluate how advances in technology have been utilized or incorporate with your selected test to address fair and appropriate materials. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
Synthesis of Findings
[This section must address these points: ▪ Identify any major strengths you identified for your test in terms of test items and materials. ▪ Identify any weaknesses, even if they are relative, regarding your test in terms of test items and materials. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
Conclusions and Recommendations
[This section must address these points: ▪ Evaluate your selected test based on the strengths and weaknesses, and advantages and disadvantages of the test items, materials, and their appropriateness. ▪ Make at least three recommendations about improvements that could be considered to improve the test, if applicable. Cite standards (AERA) to support each recommendation. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]
References
[Begin the References on a new page. Use current APA format and style.]
