It is an important tool in school evaluation and has great significance in measuring instructional progress and progress of the students in the subject area.

1. Achievement Test Blue Print
Presented by
Rahul Bharti
B.Ed.(Science) Sem. 1st
Class Roll No.- B-20
Presented to
Prof Nagendra Kumar
Faculty of Education
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi

2. Achievement tests
It is an important tool in school evaluation and has great
significance in measuring instructional progress and
progress of the students in the subject area.
Defintions-
  Any test that measures the accomplishments of an individual after
a period of training or learning…………. NM Downie
  The type of ability test that describes what a person has learned to
do………Throndike and Hagen

3. USES OF ACHIEVEMENT TEST-
 Achievement test scores are often used in an
educational system to determine what level of
instruction for which a student is prepared.
 High achievement scores usually indicate a
mastery of grade-level material, and the readiness
for advanced instruction.
 Low achievement scores can indicate the need for
remediation or repeating a course grade

4. Blue Print of Achievement Test

5. BLUE PRINT-
 A blueprint is a guide for making something —
it's a design or pattern that can be followed.
Want to build the best tree house ever? Draw
up a blueprint and follow the design
carefully.
 The literal meaning of a blueprint is a paper
— which is blue — with plans for a building
printed on it.

6. ACHIEVEMENT TEST
STANDARDIZED
TESTS
TEACHER MADE
TEST
Essay
type
Practical
Written
Oral
Aptitude tests
Attitude tests
Intelligence tests
Interest tests
Personality tests
Short
Answer
Type
Objective
Type

7. Objective and characteristics-
 Identify and explain reasons for performing tests.
 Understand , communicate testing terminology to
clearly with students and colleagues.
 Evaluate a test’s validity and reliability.
 Select appropriate tests.
 Administer test protocols properly and safely

8. Functions-
 It provides basis for promotion to the next grade.
 To find out where each student stands in various academic
areas.
 It helps in determination about the placement of the
students in a particular section.
 To motivate the students before a new assignment has taken
up.
 To expose pupil’s difficulties which the teacher can help
them to solve.

9. Steps involved in development of
Achievement Test-
1.Planning of test
2.Preparation of a design for the test
3.Preparation of the blueprint
4.Writing of items
5.Preparation of the scoring key and marking
scheme
6.Preparation of question-wise analysis

10. 1.Planning of test
 Objective of the Test
 Determine the maximum time and maximum marks
2. Preparation of a design for the test
Important factors to be considered in design for the test are:
•Weightage to objectives
•Weightage to content
•Weightage to form of questions
•Weightage to difficulty level.

12. 3.Preparation of the blueprint-
 Blue print is a three-dimensional chart giving
the placement of the objectives, content and
form of questions.
4.Writing of items-
 The paper setter write items according to the blue
print.
 The difficulty level has to be considered while
writing the items.
 It should also checked whether all the questions
included can be answered within the time allotted.
 It is advisable to arrange the questions in the order
of their difficulty level.

14. 5.Preparation of the scoring key and
marking scheme

15. 6.Preparation of Question-wise Analysis-
 It helps to know the strengths and weakness of the test, to tally
the question paper and the blueprint, and to determine the
content validity of the test.

16. Interpretation-
 Students find section A easier
 Question related to the topic STRUCTURE OF
PLANT are not clear to the some students
 FLOWER topic is clear to most of the students
 it means teacher has taught accurately in the
class

17. Conclusion-
 Achievement tests and testing are part of education,
business, and the regulation of professions in the United
States and are increasing in use internationally. The
development of high-quality, accessible achievement tests
requires substantial knowledge of a content area – such as
mathematics, language arts, or science – and the design of
test items or tasks that are fair and valid measures of
important knowledge and skills in a given content area.