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Whether it is students taking finals or law graduates wrestling with the bar exam, most aptitude tests are designed to discourage test takers from answering correctly. When writing test questions for Level 2 evaluations, trainers should strike a balance between an overly difficult exam and one that yields obvious clues to the right answer. To create tests that are fair to both the individual and the organization, there are five general rules and specific strategies that you need to craft questions properly. The first rule of thumb is, if a particular concept was not taught in the training, it should not be on the test. The final general rule deals with grouping evaluation questions by topic. Never provide more than 10 matching questions. If you really want to provide more, break them up into chunks of 10 that all deal with the same concept. Testing is the final phase of training.
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The Art of Test Creation
Whether it is students taking finals or law graduates wrestling with the bar exam, most aptitude tests are designed to discourage test takers from answering correctly.
Unlike their counterparts in other fields, trainers should not follow the path of writing tests that are difficult even for devoted students. If the object of a training session is for participants to learn and use new knowledge, test answers should be easy for...See the full content of this document
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