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Scholarship July 3, 2025

Tips for Improving Testing and Grading

The Wabash Center

Author
Ory, John C. and Katherine E. Ryan
Publisher
Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA
ISBN
080394974X
Table of Contents
Introduction
Testing What You Want to Be Testing
Developing a Test Plan
Suggestions for Writing Objective Test Items
Suggestions for Writing Constructed Response Test Items
Preparing, Administering, and Scoring Classroom Exams
Evaluating the Quality of Classroom Exams
Assigning Grades
Twelve Activities for Classroom Testing and Grading
Using detailed examples, checklists and exercises, the authors show how to develop, use and grade classroom examinations. They provide a thorough, step-by-step discussion of general testing and grading issues, including: deciding on the content of an exam; assessing difficulty levels; writing different kinds of test items; scoring different test items; evaluating different subject areas; helping students review for an exam; and developing grading methods and strategies. (From the Publisher)