Creating an Effective Test or Survey Instrument “Assessing learning…” (Horton, 2012) 1 FIGURE 1 Types of Assessment

Assessment & Evaluation 2 FIGURE 2 Picture of typical classroom assessment setting

Assessment & Evaluation Pre-design: 3 FIGURE 3 Picture of typical predesign assessment considerations

Effective design begins with a plan Why the need for a test or survey? 4 FIGURE 5 Picture of assessment considerations FIGURE 6 Picture of survey design considerations

Assessment & Evaluation Selecting Your Sample: 5 FIGURE 7 Picture of survey sample group selection process

Survey/test question types 6 Assessment & Evaluation

Questionnaire Design /General Considerations 7 Assessment & Evaluation FIGURE 8 Picture of survey sample questionnaire design

Question sequencing “…measure learners’ ability to put items into meaningful order…[by] making judgment about relationships among items in the list” (Horton, 2012) 8 FIGURE 9 Picture of survey sample sequencing process

Feedback 9 FIGURE 10 Picture of students receipt of survey or assessment results

Program Outcome Learning 7: Hyperlink will direct you to a completed sample survey utilizing Survey Monkey! 10

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