Achievement Test Report (ATR)

 ATR (Achievement Test Report)

 

Definition

 

1.     Any test that measures the attainments and accomplishments of an individual after a period of training or learning”-N M Downie

2.     The type of ability test that describes what a person has learned to do’–Throndike and Hagen

3.     “A systematic procedure for determining the amount a student has learned through instructions”–Groulund

 

Teacher teach and help learners to learn. The learning that takes place is assessed or evaluated for the benefit of learners as well as for teachers to evaluate his/her own work. At the end of a lesson or a group of lessons, the teacher needs to get feedback on what the learner has achieved or to assess his/her own achievement as a teacher.

Purpose

1.     To measure whether students possess the pre requisite skills needed to succeed in any unit or whether the students have achieved the objective of the planned instruction

2.     It provides basis for promotion to the next grade

3.     To find out where each student stands in various academic areas.

4.     To monitor students’ learning and to provide ongoing feedback to both students and teachers during the teaching learning process.

5.     To identify the learning difficulties

6.     To assign grades

Steps

Planning of test:- To determine the objective of test and determine the maximum time and maximum marks.

Instructional objectives:- For Science, SST and Math the major objectives are – knowledge, understanding, application and skill while in languages the major objectives are – knowledge, comprehension and expression

Design:- It specifies weightage to different –

 a) instructional objectives

 b) types of questions 

 c) units and sub units of the course content

d) level of difficulty

Weighted of Instructional Objectives

Knowledge – 20%                                             Understanding – 35 – 40 %                       

Application – 20 - 25%                                      Skill – 25%

Weighted of Difficulty level

Easy – 25%                   Average – 55 %                         Difficult – 20

Blue Print :- the policy decisions as reflected in the design of question paper are translation into action through Blue Print. A question setter decides –

a)     How many questions are to be set for different objectives

b)     Under which unit a particular question is to be set

c)     Types of questions

d)     Distribution of question over different objectives

Number in bracket indicates number of questions

Writing of question:- Writing appropriate questions in accordance with the syllabus prescribed in the blue print. You can write the questions in several ways –

a)     Writing all question belonging to one objective each at a time – knowledge/ understanding/ application

b)     Taking up questions according to their form or type -LA , Essay type, VSA, SA

Marking Scheme

It should have three columns. 

1 . Serial no 

2, Detailed solution with steps

3. Bifurcation of Marks

                                        (Sample Marking Scheme only for reference purposes)

Question Wise Analysis

Student have to analyse each question on the basis of its difficulty level.

Question no	Content	Objective	Level of question	Marks
1	Area	Knowledge	Easy	1
10	Volume	Application	Average	2
12	Statistics	Skill	Difficult	4

The purpose of question wise analysist to know the strength and weakness of paper.

Highlight of a good marking scheme:-

a)     It consists of three column – Serial number of question paper, expected answer and marks allotted to each value point under column 2

b)     For LA – i) answer should be complete and cover all major areas as demanded by the questions ii) clearly indicate each expected points or the parts      iii) indicate marks for each expected points

c)     SA – For short answer questions answer should be provided in break up with break up of marks

After the test Prepare detailed result of each student.

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