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Sample Exam Procedures
The following represents a rough outline of generic procedures and topics that might be found in a professional licensure test development, administration and scoring manual.
Job Analysis
Rationale for Job Analysis
Construction of Item Banks
Item Bank Storage
Size of Item Banks
Item Bank Printing
Test Development
Item Development for Multiple Choice and True False Items
Item-writing rules for professional licensure examinations
Restricted Response Items
Taxonomies of Questions
Item Construction
Item Review (Preadministration)
Grammar and Ambiguity
Review for Technical Accuracy
Preliminary Item Tryouts
Item Review (Post administration)
Maintenance of Item Banks
STAT Software
Item Longevity
Test Development Performance Examinations
Examiner Standardization (Performance Examinations)
Test Assembly
Entry Level Competency
Cut Scores
Review of Literature
Criterion Referenced Tests
Angoff
Angoff Item Bank
Holistic Method
Use of Criterion Groups
Using Multiple Methods
Equating and Related Topics
Definition of Equating
Linear Equating
P-value Substitution
examination development unit Equating Methods
Scheduling
Scheduling the Exam Site
Candidate Information Bulletin
Camera Ready Copy
Printing Exams
Determining the Number of Copies
Monitoring Printing
Numbering Exams
Exam Administration
Proctor Hiring
Examiner Hiring
Shipping Materials
Candidate Examination Instructions
Receiving Test Materials
Selection of Test Site
Arrangement of Test Site
Preparation of Test Administration Site
Pay and Travel Reimbursement Forms
Analysis of Examination Results
Preparing for Scanning
Scanning Reports
Comment Forms
Item Analysis
Key Changes
Rescoring (Angoff Changes)
Examination Summary Statistical Report
Grade Notification
Design of Grade Notification
Grade Reviews
Grade Review Sessions
Grade Appeals
Examination Security
Staff Recruitment
Statement of Confidentiality
Office Security
Disclosure Agreements
Destruction of Examination Material
Compromised Test Materials (state developed exams)
Internal Printing
External Printing
Printing Supervisor
Auditing Print Errors
Shipping
Incident Report