Introduction to Testing
Start here to explore the essential steps toward launching a valid exam.
Types of Testing provides a top-level overview of testing in general with descriptions of several common types of testing.
This lesson provides a general description of the components of a testing project and how they fit together in a flow.
We'll discuss what a JTA is and why this foundational piece of the process is so important to later phases.
We'll continue the discussion about creating and using a JTA to develop reliable competency tests.
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Learn how a preliminary exam blueprint is derived from the outcomes of our JTA and how tasks result in content areas that will inform the creation of test questions.
Understand how high-quality, valid items are created and related best practices.
This lesson explains how we can know that the exams – and the items that comprise them – are measuring what we want them to measure. Are they valid, reliable, and fair?
Learn the process used to evaluate the effectiveness of individual test questions by analyzing test taker performance data to refine and improve future assessments.
Understand the process of determining the “standard” or “cut score” for an exam to distinguish qualified candidates.
Learn the purpose and process of creating multiple exam versions that retain the same difficulty and validity.
