Assessment Using Exams

Why Use Exams?

Exams are the classic assessment tool used in education. Constructing a well-designed test, however, can be challenging.

Exam Tips for Instructors

• Quizzes, Tests, And Exams by Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley, describes how to write well-constructed exams.
• Multiple Choice Exams
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques: Multiple Choice Test guides instructors through designing effective exams and exam questions.

Example Exam Questions

• Example Exam Questions Search our collection of sites with example exams. This link will take you to a listing of sites. You can browse through the collection or search it using keywords.

Geoscience Example

• Miriam Fuhrmann, American Institutes for Research, The Effective Use of Well-Constructed Multiple-Choice Items in Geoscience Assessments (PowerPoint 415kB May18 05) Power point presentation at the Understanding What Our Geoscience Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing Workshop.

Additional Resources

• Browseable Information about Exams Search our collection of exam information. This link will take you to a listing of information about exams. You can browse the collection or search it using keywords.