CBIB

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to write and review assessment items for the North Carolina Testing Program based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

In order to provide more rigor and increase the higher order thinking skills required for student success, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction adopted frameworks for identifying cognitive demand. The North Carolina Testing Program requires items written to be tagged with the appropriate cognitive load designation that has been modeled to each standard. Item writers and reviewers need to have a basic understanding of the taxonomies that are covered for the standards that they are writing or reviewing.

This self-directed course should take approximately thirty (30) minutes to complete. Upon successful completion, enrollment keys for the associated subjects/standards are provided.

This course and subsequent series courses are designed for anyone interested in learning how to write and/or review assessment items for the North Carolina Testing Program based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. 

This course covers an overview of the test development process and the basic rules and structure of item formats allowed by the North Carolina Testing Program.

Upon completion of this short course, those interested in item writing and/or reviewing should follow the sequence of courses by taking one or both B level courses covering cognitive taxonomies used to tag items.  Finally, one or more C level courses which cover a review of the subject standards should be completed in order to receive a certificate of contact hours completed.

This self-directed course should take approximately one (1) hour to complete.  Upon successful completion, enrollment keys for both of the knowledge taxonomy courses are provided.