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altibaby

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The reliability of an assessment instrument is the extent to which it consistently yields similar results. Is Mr. Hartman's test a reliable one? Why or why not?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The students complain that the test does not reflect the things they've learned in class. What other problems do you see in Mr. Hartman's test?
 
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alexisweber49

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Answer to Question 1

It is reliable in the sense that all the question formats (matching, true-false, and multiple choice) can be scored objectively. However, to the extent that students are guessing randomly at the answers

Answer to Question 2

Other problems include the following:
 He imposes time constraints that may or may not allow all students to finish the test.
 He discourages questions when students are confused.
 He insists on including bad test items when he computes the overall test scores.




altibaby

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent


kjohnson

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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