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Establishing an Item Review Committee: Our School’s Journey

Video Author: Jones, Lisa PhD, RN, CCRN; New, Keri DNP, RN
Published on: 12.30.2020
Associated with: January/February 2021, Volume 46, Issue 1; Nurse Educator. 46(1):8-9, January/February 2021

In this video and article, Dr. Jones describes how the school of nursing prepared faculty to write high quality test items and to analyze test results. As part of their faculty development program, they established an Item Review Committee, consisting of faculty responsible for writing examination questions. Their process of item review led to a significant improvement in the quality of their examination items and testing process.

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