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Testing Test DesignDesigning a Good Test How Difficult Should a Test Be
Author: upscale.utoronto.ca |
Published: 20th Aug 2005 |
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Add CommentFiled in: Test DesignThere are many many issues in designing a good test, and a huge literature on this topic. In this section we only discuss one consideration: how "difficult" should a test be?
We imagine an average class, although I don't think I have ever seen such a group of students. According to the University of Toronto marking standards, we want the mark distribution on a test to be:
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