QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEST
QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEST A good test should possess the following qualities. • Objectivity • Objective Basedness • Comprehensiveness • Validity • Reliability • Practicability • Comparability • Utility Objectivity • A test is said to be objective if it is free from personal biases in interpreting its scope as well as in scoring the responses. Objectivity means that definite item in the answers expected . If the answer expected is not definite students will interpret in different ways resulting in different answers . If more than one examiners is involved they will give their own subjective interpretation and score answers with different criteria • Objectivity of a test can be increased by using more objective type test items and the answers are scored according to model answers provided. Objective Basedness • The test should be based on pre-determined objectives. • The test setter should have definite idea about the objective behind each item. Care has to be taken in d...