This document provides an overview of assessment literacy and how to create quality assessments. It discusses the importance of clarity around purpose, targets, sampling, and methods. Good assessments accurately measure intended learning targets and avoid bias. The document outlines steps for developing structured response tests, including preparing a blueprint, selecting material, and building test items from clear propositions. Various item types like multiple choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in-the-blank are examined, along with suggestions for effective creation and use of each.

1. Basic Assessment Literacy Everything You Wanted to Know About Testing But Was Never That Interested

5. Assessment literacy means: 5 Blind Men & an Elephant?

6. Assessment literacy means: Gathering dependable information about student achievement Using the assessment process to promote maximum achievement

8. Questions to ask Why? Users/Uses What? Targets How Much? Sample How? Method Accurate? Avoid Bias

9. Why? Users/Uses What? Targets How Much? Sample How? Method Accurate? Avoid Bias

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26. Why? Users/Uses What? Targets How Much? Sample How? Method Accurate? Avoid Bias

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41. So what’s worth assessing?

53. Specific assessment criteria

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