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June
2008
Best
Practices
Testing
by Objective vs. Testing “Classic”
Most corporate exams are given as criterion-referenced
tests. Based on a set of learning objectives derived
from the learning system, the test creator develops
questions that test each of the learning objectives
ensuring (when properly executed) full domain coverage
of the learning materials. Any given learning objective
may be represented by one or more questions, though
typically one to three questions are written per objective.
These tests have a single passing score set either arbitrarily
(“90% seems about right”) or correctly (via
the Angoff method). >>
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