The most commonly used tool for assessment of students knowledge is the essay type test and its quality depends upon its validity. The purpose of this paper is to develop and administer an achievement test to evaluate secondary school students writing competency. It was necessary to check the validity of the test to ensure accuracy of assessment. For this purpose, item analysis of essay type questions was done through calculating Facility value, FV and discrimination index, DI of questions given in Pilot testing, in which 150 students from two schools of district Gujrat, were selected; two parallel version questionnaires were developed due to length of test, as there was total fourteen questions so each version consisted of seven items. The importance of item analysis is highlighted from the fact that almost fifty percent of questions were rejected after item analysis. The result of study also provides a way to initiate a change in designing a fair assessment test for students. Items with average difficulty and high discrimination should be included in examinations to improve assessment standard.
Key words: English Language, Writing Competency, Secondary Level, Validation
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