Chapter # 2


Techniques for Testing

Reaction paper by; Licda: Sylvia Johnson S.


Design tests and assessment tasks based on blueprints or tests specifications.

It is easier to create parallel items/if test developers follow a blueprint or test specification. If you don’t have a test specification but do have an assessment

Task that works, analyze what the task entails and write a specification to fit it.

Ensure the format remains the same within one section of the exam.

It is confusing to mix formats within the same section of a test.


Make sure the item format is correctly matched to the test purpose and course content.

Test items should relate to curricular objectives. Teachers should think about what they are trying to test and match their purpose with the item format that most closely resembles it.

When the items in the test does not corresponds, students are first to notice that some things in it were not studied or practiced in class.


Include items of varying levels of difficulty.

Present items of different levels of difficulty throughout the test from easy to difficult.