1. Final thoughts Dr. Emily H. Wughalter Measurement and Evaluation Summer 2010

2. What are you final thoughts about what you learned in this class?

3. The key to quality testing is planning Planning helps make a test reliable Planning helps makes a test economical Planning helps students and clients get ready physiologically and psychologically for the testing environment

4. Pretest planning Practice giving the test (Pilot Study) Standardize instructions – Exactly what do you expect? – What do they need to know? Secure equipment Draw/paint boundary lines Develop scoring sheets (adds to reliability) – Quickness – Neatness

5. Plan test organization Rotations Partners Minimize the fatigue factor Attempt to reduce reliance of one student on another student Plan the number of trials (time, reliability, validity, and fatigue) Give some thought to mistrials

6. Administration of the test Prepare students/clients for the test Demonstrate the test – ask for questions Motivate all students/clients the same (best, middle, and worst) Safety first! Emerges from good preliminary planning

7. Post test Conduct statistical analyses – Descriptives – Reliability and validity – Inferential statistics Give back results Compare present to past performances Confidentiality is an important consideration in all testing environments