Program Evaluation and Accreditation
18 PROGRAM EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION Program evaluation is the process of judging the worth or value of an educational program. One purpose of program evaluation is to provide data on…
Qualities of Effective Assessment Procedures: Validity, Reliability, and Usability
2 QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES: VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, AND USABILITY How does a teacher know whether a test or another assessment instrument is good? If assessment results will be used…
Testing and Evaluation in Online Courses and Programs
11 TESTING AND EVALUATION IN ONLINE COURSES AND PROGRAMS Contemporary nursing students expect educational institutions to provide flexible instructional methods that help them balance their academic, employment, family, and personal…
Assembling, Administering, and Scoring Tests
10 ASSEMBLING, ADMINISTERING, AND SCORING TESTS In addition to the preparation of a test blueprint and the skillful construction of test items that correspond to it, the final appearance of…
Short-Answer (Fill-in-the-Blank) and Essay
6 SHORT-ANSWER (FILL-IN-THE-BLANK) AND ESSAY Short-answer and essay questions are examples of constructed-response items. With these items, the test-taker supplies an answer rather than selecting from options already provided. Because…
Assessment and the Educational Process
1 ASSESSMENT AND THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS In all areas of nursing education and practice, assessment is important to obtain information about student learning, evaluate competencies and clinical performance, and arrive…
Planning for Testing
3 PLANNING FOR TESTING It was Wednesday, and Paul Johnson was caught by surprise when he looked at his office calendar and realized that a test for the course he…
Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
16 SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL ISSUES Over the past decade, educational testing and assessment have grown in use and importance for students in general, and nursing students in particular. One…
Simulation and Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Assessment
15 SIMULATION AND OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION FOR ASSESSMENT Simulation is used widely for instruction in nursing. In a simulation, students can gain knowledge about patient care, develop competencies in…
Clinical Evaluation Process
13 CLINICAL EVALUATION PROCESS Nursing as a practice discipline requires development of higher level cognitive skills, values, and psychomotor and technical skills for care of patients across settings. Acquisition of…
