The amount of information that students can see regarding their performance on a linear test is determined by the instructor(s) of their class. Students may see up to four levels of information, with each level on a different page. Next will no longer be available when the student has reached the level their instructor has their results set to, or they have reached level 4.
Contents:
A. Level 1 - Score Only Review
This page will display the score you've achieved, whether or not it's a passing score, as well as the minimum percentage required to pass.
B. Level 2 - Extended Review
This level will give you some additional statistical data on your performance.
Test Start/End Time: This shows the time you started and ended the test.
Bloom Level Statistics: displays how many questions were asked per Bloom Level, as well as the percentage of those questions that were answered correctly.
Each question in our system is assigned one of six different Bloom Levels. If no questions are asked at one of the Bloom Levels, that Bloom Level will not display in the results.
- Level 1 - Knowledge: You can recall or recognize information and ideas in the approximate form in which they were presented.
- Level 2 - Comprehension: You can translate and understand information based on prior learning.
- Level 3 - Application: You can use previously learned principles to complete a problem or task.
- Level 4 - Analysis: You can draw connections among ideas as well as break information into parts by identifying motives or causes.
- Level 5 - Synthesis: You can combine previously learned concepts and ideas in a new way that was not presented to you.
- Level 6 - Evaluation: You can make a judgment based on specific standards and criteria.
Reading Level Statistics gives you an average of the reading level for correct and incorrect answers. In the example above, the items answered correctly averaged a bit over a 9th-grade reading level. The items that were incorrectly answered averaged a little over a 10th-grade reading level.
Cut Score Statistics shows you how many questions of each cut score were asked, and the percentage of those questions that were answered correctly. In this example, I was asked 6 questions with a cut score of 0.45 and answered 67% of those questions correctly.
In EMSTesting and Platinum Tests, we use the Nedelsky method for determining the cut score of questions. This primarily looks at the number of reasonable distractors contained in the question that the average student may be tempted to select. The higher the cut score of the question, the lower the difficulty.
- .90 Cut Score indicates the question has one correct answer and no good distractors.
- .60 Cut Score indicates a question with a correct answer, 1 good distractor, and 2 poor distractors.
- .45 Cut Score indicates a question with 1 correct answer, 2 good distractors, and 1 poor distractor.
- .36 Cut Score indicates a question with 1 correct answer and 3 good distractors. These are the tough questions.
C. Level 3 - Curriculum Breakdown Review
This level will organize your test into topic areas and display how many questions from each topic area were asked and the percentage of those items you answered correctly.
You will see up to 3 tabs, one for each curriculum, depending on the test's content. This will allow you to determine which areas you might want to study up on, and which areas you're excelling in.
D. Level 4 - Full Question/Answer/Annotation Review
This level provides the questions, answers, and annotations for the test.
First, you will see a list of all the questions. Once you click on one of the items, the section will expand to display the possible answers. Here, we will indicate the correct answer with a green check in the "Correct" column. Your response will then appear in the "Student" column with either a green check if answered correctly or a red check if answered incorrectly. Below that, you will find the annotation, which will explain why the correct answer is correct, why the incorrect answers are incorrect, or both. You can continue clicking on questions to finish reviewing your test.
Note: Level 4 review is not always available and is entirely up to your instructor. If it is not enabled, our Support Team does not have the authority to enable it on your behalf. This can only be done by your instructor if they choose.
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