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Category 4: Additional test formats Characteristics By monitoring By verification 1. Formats: objective tests short response tests, e.g. items requiring 1–2 line responses or short paragraph responses response to stimulus test essay test other written responses under test conditions such as editorials, news articles. Conditions for each format: supervised objective tests supervised short-response tests supervised response to stimulus tests: all sources used provided prior to the test; students may have assistance from teacher with comprehension, interpretation of sources OR some sources provided prior to test, and some unseen; students may have assistance from teacher with comprehension, interpretation of sources OR all sources unseen. essay testing an unseen question derived from student research; no notes or additional material permitted during test an extended written response to an unseen question or task (analytical, persuasive or argumentative); no teacher assistance; no or additional material permitted during test. All conditions must be clearly stated on the assessment instrument. copies of sources to be provided for test. Conditions for each format: supervised objective tests supervised tests supervised response to stimulus in which questions are unseen: some sources provided prior to the test and some unseen; no teacher assistance OR all sources unseen. essay testing an unseen question derived from student research; no notes or additional material permitted during test an extended written response to an unseen question or task (analytical, persuasive or argumentative); no teacher assistance; no notes or additional material permitted during test. All conditions must be clearly stated on the assessment instrument. Clean copies of sources to be provided for test. 2. Criteria All three are possible. There should be sufficient evidence within a task to support a result in a criterion. All three are possible, C2 and C3 most likely. There should be sufficient evidence within a task to support a result in a criterion. 3. Length Variable, according to nature of task; essays 500–600 words, other written responses about 400 words Variable, according to nature of task; essays 600–800 other written responses about 500 words
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