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An Instructor s Guide to Understanding Test Reliability Craig S. Wells James A. Wollack Testing & Evaluation Services University of Wisconsin 1025 W. Johnson St., #373 Madison, WI 53706 November, 2003 2An Instructor s Guide to Understanding Test Reliability Test Reliability refers to the consistency of scores students would receive on alternate forms of the same test. Due to differences in the exact content being assessed on the alternate forms, environmental variables such as fatigue or lighting, or student error in responding, no two tests will consistently produce identical results.
Suggestions for Improving Reliability There are primarily two factors at an instructor’s disposal for improving reliability: increasing test length and improving item quality. Test Length In general, longer tests produce higher reliabilities. This may be seen in the old carpenter’s adage, “measure twice, cut once.”
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