Download this Resource as a PDF by clicking here. Best Practices
for Classroom Assessments This document has been created to
assist you in learning about best practices for using tests and
other types of assessments to measure student learning better
and minimize sources of error on student scores/grades,
sometimes caused by cheating. Please review the following tips
and call on us if you have further questions. Objective tests
are usually used when measuring the lower levels of Bloom’s
cognitive taxonomy (recall, comprehension and application). Best
Practices for Objective Testing - Write your own objective
questions OR rewrite ones from a test bank. Do not use the
questions exactly as written from the test bank. - Why? Students
can copy/paste the questions into a search engine to find the
questions and answers online. - Why? Many test bank questions
are either poorly written or not written in your voice, so
students may be confused unnecessarily. - Do: Write several
questions that measure the same content a