Checklist+seda

**Checklist**

 * 1) Are the directions to each section clear?**YES.**
 * 2) Is there an example item for each section?**YES.**
 * 3) Does each item measure a specific objective?**YES.**
 * 4) Is each item stated in clear simple language?**CLEAR ENOUGH, I GUESS.**
 * 5) Is the item difficulty appropriate to ability?**YES,BECAUSE IT IS DESIGNED ACCORDINGLY.**
 * 6) Is the language in items authentic enough?**NOT MUCH AS IT IS NOT AN EVERYDAY SUBJECT.**
 * 7) Is there ‘face validity’ in terms of objectives?**YES, ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED IS PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS.**
 * 8) Is the scoring method clear (answer key, marking criteria, partial credit)**NOT SO FIXED AS THERE MAY BE SOME OPTIONS REGARDING THE FIRST PART.(the ones different than expected answers)**
 * 9) Have opportunities to cheat been minimized?**YES.**
 * 10) Are there opportunites for students to be rewarded for creative or original thinking?**Actually,the tasks do not require original thinking but even so some positive comments on what they do increase their internal motivation which is a kind of reward.**
 * 11) Have you allowed time to put away the draft of the test and review it with a clear mind a few days later?**YES.**
 * 12) Have you tried to take the test as a student?**YES.**
 * 13) Have you timed yourself doing the test? You should be able to do the test in one-quarter of the time you have allowed for the students.**YES.**
 * 14) Before running the test in class, has a colleague tried to do the test to point out any ambiguities or problems?**Actually, the test is not conducted in a class,3 of my friends in elementary section in the foundation classes tried it.And according to them,all the instructions and questions are clear.**