• Must be selected carefully based on

faculty review and determination of

match between test content and curriculum content.

• Request technical manual and information on reliability and validity from

publisher.

• Check with other users.

• If possible, purchase data disk for creation of customized reports.

• If possible, select tests that also provide criterion-referenced results.

• Check results against those obtained from other assessment methods.

• Embedding the test as part of a course’s requirements may improve student

motivation.

Assesments