Test Design and Objectives

Dara Ramalingam

Test Design and Objectives

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

Given that all large scale assessments (LSAs) have to address the 13 elements of a robust assessment programme, why and how do these assessments differ from one another in practice? The answer to this question lies in the way that the purpose and guiding principles of an assessment guide supports decisions about who and what should be assessed. In this chapter, Dara Ramalingam outlines the key features of a selection of LSAs to illustrate the way in which their different purposes and assessment frameworks have led to key differences in decisions about test content, target population and sampling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Implementation of Large-Scale Education Assessments
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Educational assessment
International surveys
Large scale assessment
Program implementation
Sampling
Test construction
Test content

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
International and Comparative Education

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