ITEM BANKINGMohamed Abdel Latif Hussein2014

Agenda What is Item Bank? Review Test Development Cycle Purpose of Item Banks Structure of Item Banks Functionality of Item Banking programs Item Banking Software

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What is Item Bank?

An item Bank is a collection of test items that may be easily accessed for use in preparing

examinations.

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Test Development CycleBuilding

Framework

Building TOS

Author Items

Storing Items

Test Form Assembly

Publishing Test Forms

Administration

Scoring

Data Management

& Analysis

Results & Reporting

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Purpose of Item Banks Archiving item content Archiving item statistics Forms assembly

Manual Automatic

Test production (preparation) Paper & pencil tests Computer based tests

Stand-alone application On-line delivery

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Structure of Item Bank What information is (or should be) stored

in Item Banks? ITEMS TEST FORMS

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Item Bank Functions Passive

Archiving item content Archiving item statistics

Active Search capability Printing hardcopies of items and tests Exporting corresponding electronic files Test assembly functions Test production functions

Item Bank vs. Item Pool

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Item Bank Software Custom made

Pro: flexibility and customization to specific needs

Contra: may be expensive, long time to develop, require high capacity IT and psychometric staff

Commercially available Pro: professionally made, cost effective,

technical support available Contra: cannot always meet all customer needs

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Evaluation of Item Banks software Documentation

Requirement specification (for development of custom item banks)

Manual Comprehensiveness

Amount of information that can be stored Functionality

Search engine, import-export functions, editors, statistical support, forms assembly, test production

Flexibility Adding information and adding functions

User Interface Friendly and easy to use

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Evaluation of Item Banks software Editor Statistics Generic Use FW & TOS Import & Export Test Assembly Test production User Interface Security Availability

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Item Banks software Samples Item Pools E-Learning Question Banks File Question Banks Comprehensive question banks

THANK YOU

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