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    How To Make Your TOS - STEP BY STEP

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    1) The document provides instructions for constructing a Table of Specifications (TOS) which will dictate the content and order of exam items. 2) It describes using a standard TOS form and determining the number of exam items, topics covered, and hours devoted to each topic. 3) The TOS breakdown specifies that 60% of items will be for retrieval, 30% for comprehension, and 10% for analysis, and provides an example of how to distribute items across topics accordingly.

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    How To Make Your TOS - STEP BY STEP

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    1) The document provides instructions for constructing a Table of Specifications (TOS) which will dictate the content and order of exam items. 2) It describes using a standard TOS form and determining the number of exam items, topics covered, and hours devoted to each topic. 3) The TOS breakdown specifies that 60% of items will be for retrieval, 30% for comprehension, and 10% for analysis, and provides an example of how to distribute items across topics accordingly.

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    1) The document provides instructions for constructing a Table of Specifications (TOS) which will dictate the content and order of exam items. 2) It describes using a standard TOS form and determining the number of exam items, topics covered, and hours devoted to each topic. 3) The TOS breakdown specifies that 60% of items will be for retrieval, 30% for comprehension, and 10% for analysis, and provides an example of how to distribute items across topics accordingly.

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    How To Make Your TOS - STEP BY STEP

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    Lily Cruz
    1) The document provides instructions for constructing a Table of Specifications (TOS) which will dictate the content and order of exam items. 2) It describes using a standard TOS form and determining the number of exam items, topics covered, and hours devoted to each topic. 3) The TOS breakdown specifies that 60% of items will be for retrieval, 30% for comprehension, and 10% for analysis, and provides an example of how to distribute items across topics accordingly.

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    How to Construct your TOS

    1. Before you start constructing your exam, you NEED to prepare your TOS. It would be
    difficult, if not impossible, for you to create your TOS when you’re done with your test
    because the TOS will dictate the content and order of items in your test. TOS is the
    blueprint of your examination.
    2. The University has a prescribed TOS form (INS-TOS-03). If you don’t have this one,
    please ask a soft copy from Joy The Great and Tireless of the Dean’s office.
    3. Determine how many items you want to have in your test. For our purpose, let’s use 100
    items.
    4. Identify the topics that will be covered by your test and write that down in the topics
    column.
    5. Determine the number of hours you have devoted for each topic. For example:
    TOPIC 1. Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes – 5 hrs
    TOPIC 2. Development of Varied Assessment Tools – 6 hrs
    TOPIC 3. Item Analysis and Validation - 5 hrs
    TOPIC 4. Performance-Based Test – 5 hrs

    TOTAL = 21 hrs

    6. The percentage for each level/skill is as follows:


    a. Retrieval – 60%
    b. Comprehension – 30%
    c. Analysis – 10%
    7. So that if you plan to construct a 100-item test, the distribution would be:
    a. Retrieval – 60 items
    b. Comprehension – 30 items
    c. Analysis – 10 items
    8. Let us now try to fill your table. (This just a part of the whole table.)

    LEVEL/SKILLS
    RETRIEVAL
    TOPICS
    Recognizing/Recalling/ Executing
    # % Item #
    1. Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25,
    14 60 26, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43,
    44
    2. Development of Varied Assessment Tools 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22,
    18 60 23, 36, 37, 45, 46, 55,
    56, 57, 58, 59, 60
    3. Item Analysis and Validation 14 60 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30,
    31, 32, 38, 39, 40,47,
    48
    4. Performance-Based Test 14 60 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28,
    41, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53,
    54
    TOTAL 60

    a. Out of the 100 items, 60 items (60%) will be devoted to retrieval.


    b. Compute the number of items per topic depending on the number of hours you spent
    to teach it. Divide the actual number of hours by the total number of hours spent for
    the whole period; then, multiply by the total number of items for that particular level.

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    RETRIEVAL

    TOPIC 1, 3 & 4 = 5 hours/21 hours total = .238


    .238 x 60 items = 14.28 or 14 items
    TOPIC 2 = 6 hours/21 hours total = .286
    .286 x 60 items = 17.16 or 17 items or you could
    add 1 more to make this 18 items (at your
    discretion) so you will have 60 items in total

    c. You can now assign where you want to put your 60 items for retrieval in the Item #
    column. It is ideal to scatter them.

    d. This same procedure (a – c) applies to Comprehension and Analysis items. However,


    only 30% will be devoted to Comprehension that means only a total of 30 items; and
    10% for Analysis, which is equivalent to 10 items.

    COMPREHENSION

    TOPIC 1, 3 & 4 = 5 hours/21 hours total = .238


    .238 x 30 items = 7.17 or 7 items
    TOPIC 2 = 6 hours/21 hours total = .286
    .286 x 30 items = 8.58 or 9 items

    ANALYSIS

    TOPIC 1, 3 & 4 = 5 hours/21 hours total = .238


    .238 x 10 items = 2.38 or 2 items
    TOPIC 2 = 6 hours/21 hours total = .286
    .286 x 10 items = 2.86 or 3 items or you could add
    1 more to make this 4 items (at your discretion) so
    you will have 10 items in total.

    If this written procedure does not match your learning style, just drop by ROOM
    3 of COE and look for Jing-Jing B.

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