EQAO Assessment Development and Validity Flashcards
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Who is primarily responsible for developing the questions used in EQAO assessments?
Answer: Ontario classroom teachers working with EQAO staff and measurement experts
EQAO item development involves Ontario classroom teachers collaborating with EQAO staff and psychometric experts to create relevant, curriculum-aligned questions.
What is the purpose of 'field testing' questions before they appear in a scored EQAO assessment?
Answer: To gather data on question difficulty and fairness before questions are used for scoring
Field testing collects statistical data on how students respond to new questions, ensuring they are appropriately difficult and unbiased before being scored.
Which Ontario document serves as the primary blueprint for aligning EQAO assessment content?
Answer: The Ontario Language and Mathematics curricula
EQAO assessments are explicitly aligned to the Ontario Language and Mathematics curricula to ensure content validity.
What is a 'bias review' in the context of EQAO assessment development?
Answer: A process to identify and remove questions that may disadvantage particular cultural or demographic groups
Bias reviews involve diverse panels examining questions to identify and eliminate content that could unfairly disadvantage students based on cultural, linguistic, or demographic factors.
How does EQAO ensure consistency in scoring open-response (written) items across thousands of student papers?
Answer: By using detailed scoring rubrics and training markers to apply them reliably
EQAO develops detailed scoring rubrics and provides extensive marker training to ensure inter-rater reliability across large volumes of student work.
What does 'content validity' mean when applied to an EQAO assessment?
Answer: That the assessment adequately covers the knowledge and skills outlined in the curriculum
Content validity means the assessment items comprehensively and accurately represent the curriculum expectations they are intended to measure.
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