iRubric: Traditional Test Rubric (EDL/525)

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Traditional Test Rubric (EDL/525)

Rubric that can be used to evaluate the format of a traditional test.

Rubric Code: CX6A7XC

By friendfred

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Public Rubric

Subject: Education

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate, Graduate

Traditional Test Rubric
	Excellent (3) 3 pts	Good (2) 2 pts	Fair (1) 1 pts
Test Layout
Record Keeping	Excellent (3) Test includes a title and clear area for student name, date, period number, and teacher name.	Good (2) Test includes a title, student name, and at least one of: date, period number, and teacher name.	Fair (1) Test is missing either a title or a clear area for student name.
Number of Item Formats	Excellent (3) Four or more item formats included in design	Good (2) Two to three item formats included in design	Fair (1) One item format included in design
Print Sizes and Fonts	Excellent (3) Font used is Times New Roman or New Century Schoolbook in 12 pt. or larger font size.	Good (2) Font is not Times New Roman or New Century Schoolbook, but is clearly legible and font size is 12 pt. or larger.	Fair (1) Font used is other than Times New Roman or New Century Schoolbook, and is smaller than 12 pt. font.
Test Item Layout	Excellent (3) Sufficient space between test items for student to know where next item begins and includes space to show work for any items that require it; items are not split between pages.	Good (2) Some items are crowded or only some items have room for students to complete them.	Fair (1) Item formatting is crowded; students are unable to clearly determine where one item ends and the next begins; space is not included for students to work out problems where needed; items and their parts are split between pages.
Time Management	Excellent (3) Test can be completed by all students in the time allotted.	Good (2) Test can be completed by more than 50% of students in the time allotted.	Fair (1) Test can be completed by less than 50% of students in the time allotted.
Multiple Choice
Design	Excellent (3) Answers are arranged vertically.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) Answers are arranged horizontally.
Grammar	Excellent (3) Grammar in the stems do not provide clues to the answers.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) Grammar in the stems do provide clues to the answers.
Answer Choices	Excellent (3) All answer choices (100%) are viable, reasonable choices that are similar in length, grammatical syntax, and conceptual complexity.	Good (2) Most answer choices (between 50% - 100%) are viable, reasonable choices that are similar in length, grammatical syntax, and conceptual complexity.	Fair (1) Less that 50% of answer choices are viable, reasonable choices that are similar in length, grammatical syntax, and conceptual complexity.
Answer Complexity	Excellent (3) Answer choices are clear and not combined (such as A and B); no answers include all of the above or none of the above.	Good (2) Complex choices such as A and B, none of the above or all of the above are used for between 1% and 25% of questions.	Fair (1) Complex choices such as A and B, none of the above or all of the above are used for more than 25% of questions.
Fill in the Blank
Number of Blanks	Excellent (3) No more than three blank(s) per prompt.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) More than three blanks per prompt.
Location of Blanks	Excellent (3) Blanks are at or near the end of the sentences.	Good (2) Blanks are scattered throughout sentences (beginning, middle, and end).	Fair (1) Blanks are mostly near the beginning and middle of the sentences.
Concepts	Excellent (3) Missing words are key concepts central to the learning objectives.	Good (2) Missing words are a combination of key concepts and unimportant words.	Fair (1) Missing words are not key concepts central to the learning objectives.
Sentence Construct	Excellent (3) Sentences have a logical construct and grammatical cues are included before blanks.	Good (2) Sentences have an illogical construct or grammatical cues are not included before blanks.	Fair (1) Sentences have an illogical construct and grammatical cues are not included before blanks.
True/False
Statements	Excellent (3) All statements are based on facts and not opinions or values.	Good (2) Most statements are based on facts and not opinions or values.	Fair (1) Most statements are based on opinions or values rather than facts.
Answer Layout	Excellent (3) Students circle a "T" or "F" to respond to prompt.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) Students write a "T" or "F" to respond to prompt.
Complexity of Statements	Excellent (3) Statements are either completely true or completely false and "not" has not been added to true statements to make them false.	Good (2) True and false information is combined into a single item OR "not" has been added to a true statement to make it false.	Fair (1) True and false information is combined into a single item AND "not" has been added to a true statement to make it false.
Short Answer
Importance	Excellent (3) Question or prompt is important to the learning objective.	Good (2) Question or prompt is important to the content and is loosely tied to the learning objective.	Fair (1) Question or prompt is not important to the learning objective.
Expectation for Response	Excellent (3) Question or prompt clearly indicates what is expected in the response.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) Question or prompt does not clearly indicate what is expected in the response.
Response Time	Excellent (3) Response takes no more than two to three minutes to complete.	Good (2) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Fair (1) Response takes longer than three minutes to complete.
Matching
Answer Placement	Excellent (3) Answer lines placed to the left of the first column.	Good (2) Answer lines are clearly displayed, but not to the left of the first column.	Fair (1) Students are directed to draw lines from stems to correct answer choices.
Knowledge Tested	Excellent (3) Content set includes a closely related set of knowledge.	Good (2) Content set includes a related set of knowledge that comes from the same area or topic but is not closely related.	Fair (1) Content set includes a random set of knowledge from different areas or topics.
Set Layout	Excellent (3) Definition, example, or problem is in the left-hand column and the term, concept, or solution is in the right-hand column	Good (2) Stems and answer choices are not in cloumns but are clearly laid out.	Fair (1) Definition, example, or problem is in the right-hand column and the term, concept, or solution is in the left-hand column
Answer Choices	Excellent (3) More answer choices are available than stems.	Good (2) Number of answer choices and stems are the same.	Fair (1) There are fewer answer choices than stems requiring some answer choices to be used more than once.

Keywords:

assessment, test, evaluate, education

Subjects:

Education

Types:

Assessment

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