Table 1 Considerations for determining the practicality of an assessment
From: Balancing practicality and construct representativeness for IEP speaking tests
Consideration | Description |
|---|---|
Human Resources | Availability of people (e.g., assessment task creators, scores or raters, test administrators, and clerical support) |
Material Resources | Space (e.g., rooms for assessment, development, administration) Equipment (e.g., tape, video, DVD recorders, computers) Materials (e.g., paper, pictures, library resources, computer software) |
Time | Development time (e.g., time from the beginning of the assessment development process to the recording of scores) |
Monetary Resources | Time for specific tasks (e.g., designing, creating, administering, scoring, analyzing) Budget (e.g., personnel, production, and equipment costs) |