Thought process and rationale

Thought process and rationale behind the test items and essay item(s).  Use the textbook to support your decisions.

My thought process for creating these test questions are to be absolutely clear on the objectives I want answered.  "Be sure that the problem posed is clear and unambiguous.  Be sure the item has one correct or best answer on which experts would agree" (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010, p. 152).

My rationale for creating the essay question is "an essay item is one for which the student supplies, rather than selects, the correct answer. The student must compose a response, often extensive, to a question for which no single response or pattern of responses can be cited as correct to the exclusion of all other answers" (2010, p. 158).

Reference
Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. D. (2010), Educational testing and measurement: Classroom application and practice (9th ed.). United States: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Three measurable learning outcomes

Three measurable learning outcomes

Using the information in Chapter 6 of your textbook and the article "Enhancing curriculum and delivery: linking assessment to learning objectives," write at least three measurable learning outcomes for a hypothetical unit of study and grade level of your choosing.

"Course learning objectives define a course in terms of the outcomes the instructor expects students to achieve" (Combs, Gibson, Hays, Saly, Wendt, 2008, p. 2).

Hypothetical unit of study: Math
Third Grade

Measurable learning outcomes:

1. Identify within a group of numbers which one is greater or less than the underlined number. 

Test Question:
Circle the number that is greater than 7.
3...6...9
Circle the number that is less than 9.
10...6...12

2. Write a group of numbers in words.

Test Question:
Write these numbers in word form. Example: 10...ten
9....21....33....80....65

 3. Show that you understand how to add two digit numbers, some problems will need to be carried.

 Test Question:
Add these numbers, carrying over numbers if needed. Show work.
22 + 11=
18 +18 =
32 + 15 =
40 + 21 =

Essay Question:
Sally has 27 children in her class. Sue has 35 children in her class. Their two classes are having a combined Christmas party Friday. They need one cupcake for each child. How many will they need altogether?


Reference

Combs, K.L., Gibson, S.K., Hays, J.M., Saly, J., Wendt, J.T. (2008). Enhancing curriculum and delivery: linking assessment to learning objectives, Assessment & Evaluation in higher education, 33(1), 87-102, retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=69aebf08-05b1-4415-96f1-e823f2c8e7ba%40sessionmgr114&vid=4&hid=117