Use and Importance of Test Specificationgrid to Design Slc Question Paper of English

Abstract

The research entitledUse and Importance of Test Specification Grid toDesign SLC Question Paper of Englishis aimed at finding the perception ofteachers and education experts on the importance of specification grid to designquestion paper of English and analyzing the SLC question paper of English2013 in line with specification grid 2013. In order to conductthe research Icollected data from the secondary level English teachers and education expertsof the Kathmandu district. I also collected specification grid of 2009 preparedby CDC(Curriculum Development Centre)and question paper of English 2013to analyze the SLC question papers in line with specification grid. The samplesize consisted of 35 secondary level English teachers from public and privateschool of Kathmandu district and 5 education experts (school supervisor andresource person) of the same district were also consulted. The teachers andexperts were selected by using purposive non-random sampling procedure. Thesame opinionnaire forms were distributed to the teachers and experts to elicittheir responses. The data were analyzed and discussed to find out theperceptions of the teachers and experts towards the importance of specificationgrid to design question papers. The SLC question papers of English 2013 werealso analyzed based on the test specification grid 2009 to find out the use ofspecification grid to design the SLC question paper of English. The researchfindings show that there is an immense role of test specification grid to designSLC question paper of English. Approximately, all teachers and experts havebeen aware ofthe importance of test specification grid to design questionpaper. In the same way, regarding the use of specification grid it was found thatapproximately all questions of SLC English 2013 have been asked from theareas as specified in the specification grid. It wasalsofound that the presentgrid doesnot fully reflectthe spirit of curriculum. The study consists of five chapters which are given as follows: Chapter onedeals with the introduction. It consists of background of the study, statement ofthe problem, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, viii significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitionof the key terms. Chapter two containswith the review of related literature andconceptual framework. It encompasses review of related literature, implicationof the review for the study and theoretical as well as conceptual framework.Chapter three introduces the methods and proceduresof the study, whichincludes design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedure, datacollection tools and data collection procedures. Chapter four consists of resultsand discussion of the data. Thishas been done under the heading viz. resultsand discussion. Chapter five incorporates summary, conclusion andimplications. On the basis of results and discussion, some significant findingsand some implications for the policy level, practice level and further researchhave been made. This chapter is followed by references and appendices.