Define and discuss test specifications. What is their purpose? How are they developed and used? Give an example.
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• Test specifications are a documented plan containing details about a test’s content.
• They include a clearly defined testing universe, the content areas (the subject matter that the test will measure) and the number of questions that will be included to assess each content area.
• They also include the documentation of the purpose and intended use of the test; the format; the length of the test; psychometric characteristics of the items; how the test is delivered, administered, and scored; as well as details of the content.
• Test specifications help the test developer to clearly understand and document the body of knowledge that the test needs to measure.
• They provide the foundation for the writing of test questions that sample the testing universe representatively.
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