You want to expose students to a variety of item types, such
as constructed response items and technology - enhanced items, so they develop very flexible knowledge.
Not exact matches
Researchers are currently investigating the use of CATS
as a means of broadening the tests themselves, including «
constructed response items that require students to produce, rather than just select their answers.»
For example, a student learning English
as a second language could receive an image to label or multiple choice question, whereas other students could receive a
constructed response item to show their learning.
[vii] With respect to reliability, we first examined the extent to which students»
responses to specific
items used to measure the same skill were correlated,
as would be expected to be the case if they captured a common underlying
construct.
numerous
item types including technology - enhanced and
constructed -
response as well
as performance - based tasks
We find that the estimated gaps are strongly associated with the proportions of the test scores based on multiple - choice and
constructed -
response questions on state accountability tests, even when controlling for gender achievement gaps
as measured by the NAEP or NWEA MAP assessments, which have the same
item format across states.
Because the next - generation assessments include critical - writing components such
as constructed response, performance tasks, and fill - in - the - blank
items, students need to have enough familiarity with the keyboard and number pad to successfully answer these question types.
These assessments cover the same grade - level achievement standards
as the regular assessments, and they use a familiar format of multiple choice and
constructed response items.
Questions that can be machine scored by the Smarter Balanced Test Delivery Engine (some questions such
as constructed -
response items and performance tasks need to be scored by teachers locally).