Description
A blueprint is used to 'build' a test. It determines, among other things, which questions will be included in the test, how much time a candidate will get, what the score will be and what candidates will be allowed to see during and after an assessment.
One of the first choices that are made in the settings is the type of test for which the test matrix is made. There are three types of tests to choose from, two of which are formative forms and one summative form:
- Practice (formative)
- Graded practice (formative)
- Exam (summative)
Note!
When the type of blueprint is set to 'Exam', this cannot be changed later. However, it is possible to create a variant of the blueprint and save it as a different 'type' and then detach it from the original blueprint.
When a 'Practice' or 'Graded Practice' is chosen, it is possible to switch between these two types of formative tests later.
Practice A 'Practice' is a form of formative assessment that focuses on repetition and feedback (feedback on given answers). A practice has a number of characteristics:
- The candidate cannot navigate freely in a practice, the candidate can only move forward.
- It is possible to have questions repeated until the candidate has answered them correctly 1, 2 or 3 times in a row. With this setting, the question will no longer appear after the required number of correct answers, and only the questions that have not yet been answered correctly will be presented to the candidate.
- During the practice, the candidate will directly see whether he has answered the question correctly or incorrectly (and feedback will be given if this has been entered for the question).
Graded practice A graded practice is almost identical to the type of 'Exam' and can be used as a conditional test (formative). The difference is that during a graded practice, feedback can be given after a question has been answered. Of course it's also possible to show feedback after the test is completed.
Exam The ‘Exam’ type is intended for summative assessments and therefore has the most options for safe assessment. Characteristics of an exam include:
- A blueprint of an exam is only valid if the required number of questions can actually be asked (if the required number of questions cannot be met, the exam cannot be taken).
- The candidate can, if set up this way, navigate freely, which gives him the option to skip a question during the exam and answer it later (before the test is closed). The given answers can then still be adjusted before the test is closed. It can also be set that the candidate cannot return to the previous question, the candidate can then only go to the next question. This means that an answer cannot be corrected at a later time.
- No feedback is given during the test. Depending on the choice to show this to the candidate, it can be set that the result also shows the feedback on questions.
Note!
The blueprint of a Practice or Graded practice remains valid, even when fewer questions can be selected than specified in the blueprint. This is not the case with an Exam, for which the number of questions required must all be approved to keep the blueprint valid.