Option set values
| Code | Definition |
|---|---|
ExtendedResponse |
An assessment item type that asks examinees to prepare and deliver an organized, cohesive rseponse to an item prompt. The essay item is one type of extended constructed response. Others include hte development and sequencing of mathematical proofs, extended analytical papers, and research papers |
FillInTheBlank |
A short-answer item in which eaminees are presented with a sentence in which a word or words is missing, and are asked to provide the missing word(s) |
Labeling |
An assessment item that presents an image or object, such as a graph, diagram, or geometric shape, and asks examinees to apply one or more descriptive, symbolic, or quantitative labels |
Matching |
An assessment item in which examinees are presented with a set of preimses and are asked to link them to a set of response, via directions for identifying the correspondences |
MultipleChoice |
A forced-choice assessment item featuring a stem (which is a prompted) and two or more choices, one of which is the correct answer, and the remainder are distractors |
MultipleResponse |
A multiple choice assessment item that directs examinees to select all of the options that apply |
NoData |
No data provided, either because the student did not provide, the Institution does not collect it, or the Institution chooses not to provide it. |
Other |
Other assessment item type |
OtherConstructedResponse |
Any assessment item that asks the examinee to develop answers without suggested answer choices and that does not fit the definition of the other assessment item types |
PerformanceTask |
An item or set of items that directs examinees to demonstrate what they know and can do via a performance, given a set of conditions and expectations for the task(s). The range of possible peformances is long, and may include oral, written, procedural, artistic, and/or psychomotor performances such as conducting science experiments, developing informational materials, or participating in a recital, to name a few. An extended constructed response or essay item is a specific instance of a performance task |
Reordering |
An assessment item that asks examinees to reoder items, such as pictures of events within a chronological sequence, items forming a pattern, or text within a passage |
ShortAnswer |
An assessment item that asks examinees to provide a very short response, such as an item asking for a correct computational or text-based answer, or a closed item |
ShowYourWork |
An assessment item that asks examinees to show preparatory work for the creation of a product, performance, or extended text. The item may be treated as one component of a task leading to a final product or may be stand-alone, as evidence of preliminary thinking and problem-solving |
Substitituion |
An assessment item that presents visual or written stimulus with incomplete or incorrect information and asks examinees to correct or complete the information |
TechnologyEnhancedInteractive |
An interactive assessment item delivered in an online or computerized testing environment such that the manipulation of the stem, options or other facet of the item by the examinees becomes part of the item prompt or part of the item response. Scalise and Gifford (2006) present a taxonomy of 28 innovative item types that include: Drag and Drop, Reordering, and other experiential items |
TrueFalse |
A declarative statement that examinees judge true or false. Variants of the true/false item have examinees identify: fact/opinion, supported by the narrative or not, etc |
VisualRepresentation |
An assessment item that asks examinees to create simple graphics (e.g., sketches, schematics, diagrams) to generate evidence of understanding a key concept or its application |