Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
> At 11:55 PM 6/30/99 -0500, Alan & Susan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >SAY, I just had a great idea or a crappy one (I cannot tell): would it be
> >helpful . . . to, say, publish one bad item each day during item writing,
> >dissecting how it could be better?
>
> I actually think that this is a good idea.
For what it's worth, I agree as well. It may even take care of itself.
:)
> I would also say that we should ask a small group of people who did not
> write the test to sit the exam, or review the tests, as well. This will
> expose them to an audience of people other than the test item writers.
I think this would be VERY important. Oftentimes when writing anything
there
is a lack of clarity between what is intended to be expressed, and what
is
actually written down. This is true of prose, poetry, programming, and
yes
too, test questions. I think the test questions should be regarded like
any
software package. They have bugs in them. The bugs just haven't been
found
yet, and without sufficient testing on a sufficient number of machines,
in
our case people, the bugs won't be found.
(Was that clear? Did I write what I intended to say? :)
Forrest
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