{"id":2565,"date":"2015-05-06T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/?page_id=2565"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:23:26","slug":"tests-and-examination-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/tests-and-examination-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests and Examination Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><em>Comprehensive tests, or selected items in a course examination, provide direct evidence of student learning. For test security or proprietary reasons, the actual test items are not provided in the links below; contact the department\/program to learn more about test development, content, and administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Locally-developed tests and examination questions<\/h2>\n<p>Some departments and programs have developed tests tied specifically to one or more intended learning outcomes in a major or concentration. Others have collaboratively developed one or more questions for assessment purposes and embedded them in an examination being administered in a key course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safety quiz<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Department of Chemistry<\/em><br \/>\nIn the spring of 2009, the Department of Chemistry required students in its laboratory program to take a safety quiz of 25 questions on a variety of topics, including equipment, hazards, responsibility, techniques, and St. Olaf-specific procedures. Moodle was used as the vehicle for testing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reasoning About P-values and Statistical Significance (RPASS) test<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Department of Statistics<\/em><br \/>\nThe Reasoning About P-values and Statistical Significance (RPASS) test, developed by a St. Olaf Statistics faculty member, was used as a pre- and post-test for students in Stat 272.\u00a0 Seven RPASS items were analyzed to provide a sub-score for drawing inferences related to study design (ILO #4).\u00a0 In addition, a collaboratively-designed question on the final exam was used to evaluate ILO #5 (communicating results effectively).\u00a0 A team of faculty scored this question using a rubric developed for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer programming skills tests<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Department of Physics<\/em><br \/>\nThe Department of Physics examined student proficiency in computer programming at two points in its curriculum.\u00a0 Students complete a one-question programming take-home quiz in an introductory-level course, and four homework sets and a final exam item in a Level III course.<\/p>\n<h2>Tests available from external organizations<\/h2>\n<p>Some departments and programs have administered tests developed by national disciplinary or assessment organizations.\u00a0 The administration may involve the use or adaptation of a subset of test items, or may involve the use of an entire testing instrument.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uwm.edu\/acs-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Chemical Society Exam<\/a> &#8211; <em>Department of Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Test<\/a> &#8211; <em>Department of Romance Languages; Department of Russian Language and Area Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeoutcomes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area Concentration Achievement Test (ACAT)<\/a> &#8211; <em>Department of Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insightassessment.com\/Products\/Products-Summary\/Critical-Thinking-Skills-Tests\/California-Critical-Thinking-Skills-Test-CCTST\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Critical Thinking Skills Test<\/a> &#8211;<em> Department of Education; Department of Nursing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comprehensive tests, or selected items in a course examination, provide direct evidence of student learning. 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