Description
An individual test item report provides an insight into the thinking required to answer a question and a summary of how the students in a group responded to each test item. Features of the Individual test item report include:
- a preview of each test question
- for multiple choice questions (with one correct answer) - a graph of the percentage of students answering each option
- for all other question types (including multichoice questions with more than one answer) - a graph of percentage of students answering the question correctly or incorrectly
- names of students answering each option
- examples of questions teachers can use to gain insight into the thinking students used to answer each question
- ideas for next steps
- links to similar questions in the same test
- links to further resources
Using the Individual test item report
This report can be used to look carefully at the cognitive demands and science capability focus of each question and how the students responded. Teachers are supported in finding the likely reasons for response patterns they have observed and potential learning challenges they might want to address.
Sample of an Individual test item report:
Sample of Graph and Analysis:
Examples of how to read the data
The above graph shows how the students in the class answered the question compared with how the students in the reference group answered the question. e.g., 66% of the class group answered B (the correct option) and 17% of the group answered A and D.
Below the graph teachers can see the names of the students answering each option.
To the right of the graph are suggestions for questions teachers can use to analyse student thinking. You will also find ideas for next steps in teaching and links to other related questions in the same test.
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