This assignment is an essay using the hypothetical Nursing Course details created in Part 1 (see upload), where you will create a plan for test development that includes: scheduling, purpose, length, content, formatting, weighting of material, preparation of students, difficulty level, test blueprint, along with examples of multiple-choice, critical thinking item, and a true-false question.
The following should be included in this paper:
Scheduling
Discuss the scheduling of your tests. When will the test occur in the class? Why have you chosen this test scheduling? Offer justification for the scheduling of your test.
Licensing
What is the purpose of this test? What are you assessing and evaluating? Why have you chosen this test to use for assessment and evaluation?
Length
How long is the test? Justify the length of this test. How do you know this is the right length of test for this assessment and evaluation?
Content
Consider the hypothetical course you have created. Now imagine what content you are going to include. Why are you going to include this content? How much content are you including in this test and why?
Formatting
What type of formatting will be you be using for this test? Computer-based, paper/pencil, online testing. Why are you choosing this type of formatting?
Weighting of Material
How will the material be weighted? How many points if the test worth? How many points for each question. Justify this answers with data and research.
Preparation of Students
How will you prepare the students for this test? Study guide? Review session? Explain and justify your answers.
Difficulty Level
How will you determine the difficulty level of the test? Explain and justify the level of difficulty of the test.
Test Blueprint
Explain the process of creating a test blueprint. Why is it important to create a test blueprint? Create a template of a test blueprint showing quota of cognitive levels for each subject, test question type quotas (number of plain MC, select all that apply, and other alternative formats). Also consider quota of questions aligned with number of NCLEX test plan categories for each subject, segment of the nursing process included in each subject, and proposed structure of test. Attached this blueprint as an Appendix to this paper. This unit exam covers 12 hours of class content. The blueprint contains other class content and the quota of each cognitive level questions acceptable. So along with your class content from Project One, there is also 8 hours of other content (example: 4 hours on oxygenation for the patient on the ventilator and on 4 hours of elimination content for the patient on dialysis and 4 hours on your content).
