Oliver Twist



Name: _____________________________

EDF 6432

Project Option 1 Scoring Rubric

1) Was packet turned in with all elements, in order, including rubric sheet?

No

Partial

Yes

0

1

2

Description of Topics and Students

Absent

Present

Age/grade level

0

1

Subject & unit

0

1

Test type

0

1

Test purpose

0

1

Scope is far too narrow

Scope is too broad or slightly too narrow

Scope has appropriate breadth

0

1

2

Test Blueprint

No content levels

1-2 content levels

3+ content levels

0

1

2

No cognitive levels

1 cognitive level

2+ cognitive levels

0

1

2

Major errors in marginals and cells

Minor errors in marginals and cells

Fully correct use of marginals and cells

0

1

2

4a) Initial Test Items

<15 objective items

15-20 objective items

0

1

2

No objective item types

Only 1 objective item type

2-3 objective item types used

0

1

2

No directions present

Some directions included

All necessary directions

0

1

2

4b) Item Review Sheets

No reviews

Only 1 reviewer, or 2 reviewers/no comments

2 reviewers with comments

0

1

2

4c) Appropriateness and Accommodations

No discussion

Appropriateness/accommodations for student background differences OR students with special needs

Appropriateness/accommodations for student background differences AND students with special needs

0

1

2

Final Test

No key and item mapping included

Key or item mapping included

Key or item mapping included

0

1

2

Major problems in the test format

Minor problems in the test format

Test formatted attractively & according to test design principles

0

1

2

Major problems in the student directions

Minor problems in the student directions

Clear and appropriate student direction

0

1

2

Item un-modified; no justification

Some item un-modified; no justification

Items modified as appropriate, or justification provided

0

1

2

Major problems in the item mapping

Minor problems in the item mapping

Items correctly mapped to content and cognitive levels

0

1

2

Less than ¼ of the items at comprehension or above

Between ¼ - ½ of the items at comprehension or above

Half the items at comprehension or above

0

1

2

Many item writing violations

Several minor, or a few major item writing violations

All items follow all item writing guidelines

0

1

2

3

4

5

Total Points: ____ /40

Description of Topics and Students

This test is made to assess different taxonomic levels of a student, including synthesis, analysis and knowledge. It is a verbal type of test. This test covers, only the information contained within the novel, Oliver Twist and uses different questions to assess the student's abilities of analyzing, synthesizing and memorizing the material within their curriculum. The paper comprises of different questions, some emphasizing only on the knowledge base of the students while others requiring both knowledge and analysis and synthesis skills. This approach to assess different taxonomic levels of students will help in analyzing student's abilities in a better way than simply asking random knowledge based questions. This paper is made for the student's of 11th grade of American Literature. The students will cover the whole novel during their class lectures including the use of vocabulary, story, literature, key terms, characters and theme of the novel.

The test will use different types of questions including matching, completion, true/false and multiple choice questions. The students are expected to have covered the novel in depth using character mapping, study through different perspectives, sharing thoughts and feelings of the individual characters, oral reports and dialogues. Therefore, students are expected to know all the characters, identify their words, analyze different scenarios and synthesize conclusions in different situation.

The test is meant to assess the standing of the students after completing the novel. Although, the limited number of questions in this sample limits the ability to better assess the taxonomic levels ...