Training people to administer literacy materials tests

The way a test is administered is as important to testing results as the test itself. You must adequately train anyone who administers tests. The importance of this training cannot be overemphasized.

• Make certain trainees understand the purpose of the test and what kind of information to test for.
• Teach trainees by modeling exactly what you want them to do. Do not rely solely on written or oral instruction.
• Teach trainees how to keep records of each testing situation.
• Have trainees observe as you administer a test.
• Observe trainees as they administer a test in a controlled situation.
• If possible, observe each trainee's first testing experience and provide an opportunity for feedback from the trainee and from the trainer.

• Task module: Training people to administer literacy materials t...
• In task module: Testing and evaluating literacy materials, by Trudy K. Stewart (contributor) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In task module: Evaluating components of a program, by Julia R. Van Dyken (contributor) and Stephen L. Walter (contributor)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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