title: Refine test items for accurate measurement: six valuable tips.
abstract: Nursing Professional Development (NPD) specialists frequently design test items to assess competence, to measure learning outcomes, and to create active learning experiences. This article presents six valuable tips for improving test items and using test results to strengthen validity of measurement. NPD specialists can readily apply these tips and examples to measure knowledge with greater accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Karen Siroky, MSN, RN-BC, is Senior Clinical Director, AMN Healthcare, San Diego, California. Bette Case Di Leonardi, PhD, RN-BC, is Independent Consultant in Education and Competency Management, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siroky
authors.forename: Bette Case
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Di Leonardi
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D015402:Nursing Education Research