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
2
What is Item Bank?
An item Bank is a collection of test items that may be easily accessed for use in preparing
examinations.
3
4
Test Development CycleBuilding
Framework
Building TOS
Author Items
Storing Items
Test Form Assembly
Publishing Test Forms
Administration
Scoring
Data Management
& Analysis
Results & Reporting
5
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
6
Structure of Item Bank What information is (or should be) stored
in Item Banks? ITEMS TEST FORMS
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
Evaluation of Item Banks software Editor Statistics Generic Use FW & TOS Import & Export Test Assembly Test production User Interface Security Availability
11
Item Banks software Samples Item Pools E-Learning Question Banks File Question Banks Comprehensive question banks
THANK YOU
12