This course explores basic concepts in testing. It examines testing purposes, test item formats, types of knowledge assessed, and factors that may affect the education process and different educational outcomes. The course also includes a discussion of testing in two contexts: large-scale and the classroom. Students write a final paper focusing on one of these two contexts.
2-3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This course explores basic concepts in testing. It examines testing purposes, test item formats, types of knowledge assessed, and factors that may affect the education process and different educational outcomes. The course also includes a discussion of testing in two contexts: large-scale and the classroom. Students write a final paper focusing on one of these two contexts.
Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.