Item Banking Neil Wilkinson

Item Banking Test development Item banking What data is stored Why use item banking Item bank features Keys to successful item banks Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/002

Test Development

Analyse Job WriteReview Build Exam Set Standard Administer Analyse Stats

Item Banking Item Content Author Learning Outcome Review Process Test StatisticsHistory StatusOther Data References Scoring + Management + Searching +Reporting +Auditing = Item Bank

Item banking

Item banking is the process of storing all of your items and related data

Item bank An item bank could be a database, a word document, an excel document, anything that ties together content with related data.

What data

The question you are asking Distractors Graphics Other Material (audio/video/pdf/graphics) Content

The correct answer or key Sample responses Rationale Alternative scoring Scoring

The learning outcome/syllabus/objectives are generally stored in a tree structure Every item might have one or more classification Each author might write to a particular section Used for gap analysis Learning Outcome

It is often useful to store a reference to something that proves the item correct It could be a book, journal webpage or other This gives you the ability to check the quality and validity of the item Reference

Items often have meta-data This should be configurable and searchable Often a mix of response types (free-text, drop down lists, combo boxes) Eg Blooms Taxonomy, item status Other Data

Items may have a review process Each step might have outcomes Items might need to be tracked through the process Example: how many items are currently at 1 st Editorial Review? Review Process

Items may have statistics generated by a measurement expert Statistics could have come from many exam sittings Often used in test construction Used to review author and item performance Statistics

Items will be added to a test The test will be exported for delivery in some environment The test could be in many formats, including Word/QTI/XML Test Build

Who reviewed an item? What was changed? What tests has it been delivered in? How did it perform? History

Why?

Why Item Bank Increased reliability. Good items can be reused, bad items can be retired.

Why Item Bank Increased consistency. Review steps allow all items to go through the same review process.

Why Item Bank To allow reporting on program status

Why Item Bank Increased speed of creating tests

Why Item Bank Customised workflow for your items.

Why Item Bank Ability to build an audit trail for your items.

Why Item Bank Increased security of items.

Item bank features

Item Bank Features Item authoring Remote item authoring Support of multiple item types Item banking Search capabilities Import/export capabilities Batch editing capabilities

Item Bank Features Test construction Test assembly Export features Ancillary features Security and access Workflow management Project tracking

Key features

Key features of successful Item Banks Thoughtful creation of meta-data Item bank manager Solid processes Consistency Training Migration Stakeholder buy in

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