DATAG

September 28, 2012

A Process for the Design of Test Items for District-Created Assessments
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES collaborated with several other BOCES in a regional initiative to lead teachers in writing assessment items for district-created assessments. This presentation will demonstrate how Erie 2 staff developers familiarized teacher-participants with validity, reliability, and assessment "noise" to address New York State's requirements for assessment rigor and will explain the technical aspects of recording the work produced. The assessment items produced were captured with Google Doc forms and were reviewed and edited using Microsoft Word and Excel. Details of the process will be shared and the customized program created to facilitate the review and verification will be made available to all participants.

Denny Atkinson datkinson@e2ccb.org

Content-Free Test

Excel with editing macro MS Word mail merge template [not posted yet] MS Word sample merged review

NYS Standards [this is a work in progress...I'll replace it when it's completed]

Item Entry Google Form Sample Google Item database