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Introduction
Assessing the performance
of every student is a very
critical task for classroom
teacher. It is very important that
a classroom teacher should
prepare the assessment tool
appropriately.
The important steps in planning for a
test are:
Identifying test objectives/lesson
outcomes
Deciding on the type of objective
test to be prepared
Preparing a Table of Specifications
(TOS)
Constructing the draft test items
Try-out and validation
Identifying test objectives – an
objective test, if it is to be
comprehensive, must cover the
various levels of Bloom’s
Taxonomy. Each objective
consists of a statement of what is
to be achieved preferably by the
students.
 Example:
We want to construct a test on
the topic:

“Subject-Verb Agreement in English”

for a Grade V class.

The following are the typical

objectives:
Knowledge/Remembering – the
students must be able to identify
the subject and the verb in a given
sentence.
Comprehension/Understanding
– the students must be able to
determine the appropriate form of
a verb to be used given the
subject of a sentence.
Application/Applying – the
students must be able to write
sentences observing rules on
subject-verb agreement.

Analysis/Analyzing – the
students must be able to break
down a given sentence into its
subject and predicate.
Evaluation/Evaluating –
the students must be able
to evaluate whether or not a
sentence observes rules on
subject-verb agreement.
Synthesis/Creating – the
students must be able to
formulate rules to be
followed regarding subject-
verb agreement.
Deciding on the type of
objective test – the test
objectives guide the kind of
objective tests that will be
designed and constructed by
the teacher.
Preparing a Table of
Specifications (TOS) – is a
test map that guides the
teacher in constructing a test.
 LEVEL OBJECTIVE ITEM NOS. NO. %
Knowledge Identify subject-verb 1,3,5,7,9 5 14.29
Comprehension Form appropriate verb 2,4,6,8,10 5 14.29
forms
Application Write sentences 11,13,15,17,19 5 14.29
observing rules on
subject-verb
agreement
Analysis Determine subject and 12,15,18,21,23 5 14.29
predicate
Evaluation Evaluate whether or 13,16,19,22,24 5 14.29
not a sentence
observes rules on
subject-verb
agreement
Synthesis Formulate rules on Part II 10 28.57
subject-verb
agreement
TOTAL 35 100%
Constructing the test items
– the actual construction of the
test items follows the TOS.
Item analysis and try-out –
the test draft is tried out to a
group of pupils or students.
The purpose of this try-out is
to determine the following:
- Item characteristics through
item analysis
- Characteristics of the test
itself-validity, reliability and
practicality.
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