GROUP+2

Group 2 members:
 * Delaney, Katelyn
 * Gallapo, Suzanne
 * Gilbert, Daniel
 * Guzman, Melissa
 * Jensen, Christopher

__**1. Use the DISCUSSION tab above to find your discussion questions and/or tasks.**__

__**2. POST YOUR GROUP CONSENSUS HERE (The group leader for these 4 Binary Choice activities will be the member whose first name comes earliest in alphabetical order.):**__

Binary Choice Item # 1 - flaw(s)? We agree that the use of "they" is a poor choice of words to use in the sentence. It leaves the reader unsure who is being referred. We believe that the sentence should not include the acronym for No Child Left Behind because some people may not know what that stands for.

__Evidence:__ The powerpoint states that clear questions need to be asked to prevent confusion on the part of the students.

__Binary Choice Item # 2 - flaw(s)?__ The language in this question is far to advanced for most audiences let alone an elementary student. Such a question would not only confuse and frighten a student but discourage them as well. Evidence: This whole question is against #5 which states: Thou shall not use vocabulary that is more advanced than your audience.

Binary Choice Item # 3 - flaw(s)? We agree that this question is to broad. The language is confusing and is not fair to give to one of our students.

__Evidence:__ We believe this question would go against rule #4 in that complex or confusing sentences should not be used. Sentences should be simple and specific.

__Binary Choice Item # 4 - flaw(s)?__ T he multitude of negatives in the question makes the actual question unclear.

Evidence: The powerpoint presentation had stated that teachers should attempt to steer away from using negatives in the questions.

re: Working collaboratively to design a multiple binary-choice assessment item**
 * 3. POST YOUR GROUP PRODUCT HERE - Multiple Binary-Choice assessment item (the group member whose birthday is closest to Christmas will be the leader for this Multiple Binary-Choice activity :

Maria has a dinner date to attend. Her watch says that it is 2:00 P.M. She will go to dinner in 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Answer True or False:

1) Maria will make it to dinner before 3:30 P.M 2) Maria will make it to dinner by 7:30 P.M. 3) Maria will make it to dinner after 5:00 P.M. 4) Maria will make it to dinner by 4:45 P.M.


 * 4. POST YOUR GROUP CONSENSUS HERE (The group leader for these 4 Multiple Choice activities will be the member whose last name comes earliest in alphabetical order.):**

Multiple-Choice Item # 1 - flaw(s)? The language in the answers is too advanced and complicated for the students. Also, it has a terse stem and lengthy alternatives

Evidence: According to the 5th commandment, " Thou shall not use vocabulary that is more advanced than your audience." According to one of the writing guidelines, lengthy stems and terse alternatives are preferred

Multiple-Choice Item # 2 - flaw(s)? All of the choices mean about the same thing so a clear choice for the correct answer does not exist.

Evidence: Since two of the choice have the word standard in them kids would be confused just from seeing that. Then the other two choices both have words that are very similar in meaning that can also confuse students. This questions would not allow students to "recognize" the correct answer, it would probably make them try to "generate" a correct answer.

Multiple-Choice Item # 3 - flaw(s)? Using the option of "all of the above"

Evidence: According to the writing guildelines for multiple-choice items, when "all of the above" is included in the answer choices, a student who knows only 2 of the alternatives are correct can guess that the other 2 are correct as well.

Multiple-Choice Item # 4 - flaw(s)? Having some of the answer choices very lengthy and having some short.

Evidence: Just as stated in the writing guidelines: Item writers frequently fail to realize that the length of a multiple-chice item can give an unintended clue to the correct answer. Most students will believe that there has to be something "special" about the longest item alternative and assume it is the right answer.


 * 5. POST YOUR GROUP CONSENSUS HERE (The group leader for this Matching Item activity will be the member whose birthday is closest to Valentine's Day.):**

//On the line to the left of each measurement concept listed in Column A, please write the letter of the most relevant measurement procedure in Column B.//
 * //“Find the flaws . . . use evidence from the ‘5 Commandments and/or the Item Writing Guidelines to support your answers.”//**


 * Column A || Column B ||
 * 1. Bias-Detection || A. Determining DIF indices ||
 * 2. Item Difficulty || B. Computing K-R formula ||
 * 3. Reliability || C. Evaluating curricular alignment ||
 * 4. Score Interpretation || D. Deriving percentiles ||
 * 5. Validity || E. Calculating p// - values ||

Matching Item # 1 - flaw(s) We noticed that Column A and B use the same amount of entries. We also believe the directions are poorly written. We do not think that they should have wrote "please write the letter of the most relevant measurement procedure in Column B". We think the directions should say something like, "Please match the appropriate response from Column B to each question in Column A. Each response is used only once."

Evidence: The writing guide states that Column B (the response column) should always have a few extra answers.