Title: Do Our Tests Make the Grade? Evaluating multiple choice assessments in large STEM classes


Speaker: 
Eric Loken
Department of Dept of Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University

Abstract: 

Institutions serving large undergraduate populations are by necessity functioning much like major
 testing organizations.  Student evaluations are often almost exclusively based on multiple choice
 tests.  And yet very limited resources are available to create and evaluate classroom tests. What
 procedures are in place to monitor the quality of classroom testing and grading? Using examples from
 large undergraduate STEM classes, this talk will give an overview of the kinds of evaluation metrics
 that are available and talk about future opportunities and challenges in undergraduate assessment.