Too often, assessment items (questions and tasks) are poorly written, causing frustration and anxiety for test-takers and casting doubt on the validity and accuracy of assessment results. Many senior practitioners have commented that the crafting […]

How do you decide what types of items (questions) are best to use on student assessments? Assessment items can be grouped into three broad categories: objective items (which require students to select the correct response […]

You won’t get another chance at today, so make it count; make it memorable. Happy, Amazing Monday!

Blueprints are foundational to assessments. As I stated in an earlier article, there are many factors to consider when you are preparing an assessment for your class or designing and developing a large-scale assessment. Once […]

Do you sometimes feel stressed and too busy to enjoy life? If you answered “yes,” then find ways to slow down, relax, and appreciate all the good things in life. The idiom “stop and smell […]