Why Use Achievement Tests? Catforms Admin Do you know? How well are your students progressing, aside from what you see in their report cards? How does your school’s performance compare to other Amish and Mennonite schools? How much is each st... Aug 16, 2024 Articles
Fall 2024 Update Catforms Admin OVERVIEW The Academic Progress Test, Level 2•4, Form B available this fall Five hundred third grade tests needed for norming A new website at catforms.com New business management software THE ACADEMIC... Aug 16, 2024 News
The Human Factor Catforms Admin Should Students Be Penalized for Irrelevant Mistakes on Tests? Whether students should be penalized for mistakes not directly related to the concept being tested depends on several factors. If part of... Jul 29, 2024 Articles
Enter Lesson Scores for an Entire Class Catforms Admin Originally posted December 2020 You can quickly enter lesson scores for an entire class. Here’s how: Log in to CatformsRecords.com , and select a role of Teacher. You can enter scores for the classes ... Jul 29, 2024 News
Report Center and New Reports Catforms Admin Originally posted August 2021 After a school year greatly diminished by COVID shutdowns (2019-2020), this past school year has been a very busy - and welcome! - change for our testing program. We scor... Jul 29, 2024 News
Do We Need Achievement Tests for Legal Purposes? Catforms Admin The short answer is you probably do not need to, at least not at this point. A slightly longer answer is that it is prudent to document your teaching program with an independent tool such as an achiev... Jul 29, 2024 Articles
Testing Students With Difficulties Catforms Admin Students with learning disabilities, especially in reading, usually do not score well on achievement tests. Over the years, many teachers have asked about grade placement for such students and whether... Jul 22, 2024 Articles
The True-False Item Catforms Admin The true/false (T/F) format is limited in usefulness compared with most other formats but is still common. A few reasons for its refusal to fade into oblivion are the relative ease of writing a true/f... Jul 22, 2024 Articles
The Matching Item Catforms Admin The matching format can be considered a type of multiple choice. The matching format is common in curriculum-based tests. It is sometimes used to good advantage and sometimes very poorly done. Some of... Jul 22, 2024 Articles
The Multiple Choice Item Catforms Admin The multiple choice (MC) format is the most commonly used format in formal testing. It typically consists of a stem and three or more distractors but can vary widely. The matching format can be though... Jul 22, 2024 Articles
Item Formats Catforms Admin ITEM FORMATS & STANDARDS Types of Test Item Formats Test items can be written in various formats, including multiple choice, matching, true/false, short answer, and essay . These formats vary in their... Jul 22, 2024 Articles
Introduction to Test Items Catforms Admin Note: This article is addressed to those interested in writing test items, such as teachers and other educators. However, anyone administering or reviewing tests can benefit from this information. Abo... Jul 22, 2024 Articles