Index to Runté Student Assessment Blog

(As of January, 2017)

Assessment Design / Test Construction: General Principles
Defining Learning Objectives for Assessment
Test Blueprints
Assessing Values
Punctuality
Assessment is about Learning
Appropriate Failure Rate
Directions in Test Questions
Bias 1
Bias 2
Scheduling Exams
Question Order on an Examination
Grading Deadlines
Rote Memorization
Item Writing 1
Item Writing 2
Item Writing 3
Wrong answers
Examples of Poor Test Questions

Cheating
Cheating
Detecting Plagiarism
Plagiarism: Two Unsuccessful Examples

Class Assignments
Late Penalties (for assignments)
Grading Deadlines
Bias
Homework 2
Homework 1
Peer Evaluation
"Passing Back" to Grade
Silly Questions (How to Answer)

Essays Tests and Written Assignments
Setting Writing Assignments
ESL Test Answer

Feedback to Students
Meaningful Feedback (on Written Assignments)
Displaying Student Work
Posting Student Work
Addressing Student Misconceptions of the Grading Process

Group Work
Group Work

Internet Memes (Revisited)
These are cartoons or photos you may have seen circulated for humorous effect, but which raise valid points about assessment practices.
My Assessment Pinterest Board (Memes and Cartoons)
Rote Memorization
Bias
Test Anxiety
Homework
Posting Student Work
Group Work
Assessing Values
Scheduling Exams
Test Blueprints
Question Order on an Examination
Grading Deadlines
Write Better Instructions
Item Writing
Three Minutes with Scott MacLeod
Bias
Punctuality
Item Writing
Setting Writing Assignments
Item Analysis
ESL Test Answer
ESL Students and Tests

Multiple Choice Tests
Test Blueprints
Item Writing
Question Order on an Examination
How many alternatives should a multiple-choice question have?
Where is the best spot for the correct answer?
Write Better Instructions
Scheduling Exams

Oral Questions
Taking Student Questions

School Reform
Three Minutes with Scott MacLeod
Large Scale Standardized Testing
Is Teaching a Profession?

Taking Tests
Studying for Tests
Taking Multiple-Choice Tests
Testwiseness Part I
Testwiseness Part II: Why Teach Students to be Testwise
Testwiseness Part III: Do Testwise Techniques Work?
Taking Essay Tests

Test Anxiety
Test Anxiety 1
Test Anxiety 2
Test Anxiety 3

Test Results and Analysis
The Bell Curve (JohnMighton)
Item Analysis
Teaching Reading and Writing
Teaching and Evaluating Writing: Part I
Runté GoH speech on Future of Writing Instruction and Publishing (Audio)
Teaching Reading