A Survey of Secondary School Physics Teachers' Compliance with Test Item-writing Rules in Plateau State

Abstract

Discipline is about keeping to rules and it is necessary for proper functioning of any system including educational evaluation. This study therefore investigated the compliance or secondary school physics teachers with test item-writing rules in Plateau State. The study which employed‘ survey design design involved 33 physics teachers as sample. Copies copies of physics teachers previous examination questions constituted the instrument for data collection judges' ratings on compliance with item-writing rules and percentage were to answer the three research questions formulated for the study. Results shows low level of compliance by physics teachers with public school teachers and nonprofessional teachers exhibition more of the low compliance The implication is that valid feedback cannot be collected with such poorly writing teacher-made tests for improvement of teaching and learning as well as valid decision-making in schools. organization of regular seminars and Workshops for in-service teachers on test item writing was therefore recommended.