- Knowledge Base
- How does scoring work in TAO? (II)
- Scoring test questions
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TAO Quickstart Guide
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How to Create a Test in TAO
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Making the Most of the Asset Manager
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Working With Metadata in TAO
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Configuring Interactions: What Possibilities do You Have?
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Randomization in Items and Tests
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All You Need to Know About Test-Takers
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All About Deliveries
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Setting up LTI
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Proctoring Assessments in TAO
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How Does Scoring Work in TAO?
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Interpreting Results Tables in TAO
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Writing Your Own Scoring Rules for Your Assessments: An Example
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Using the Advanced Search
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Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 1: Set-up
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Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 2: Workflow
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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 1
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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 2
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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 3
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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 4
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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 5
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Optimizing Pictures
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All About Extensions
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Stylesheets in Assessment Items
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TAO for RTL Languages
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TAO Terminology Explained Part 1: TAO Architecture
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TAO Terminology Explained Part 2: Creating and Delivering Assessments
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TAO Terminology Explained Part 3: Scoring Assessments
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Access Control
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History Management
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Item Layouts
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Tests with Timers
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Math Expressions
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Testing Language Skills
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Test-taker Tools: Accessibility
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Test-taker Tools: Text-to-speech
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Test-taker Tools: Calculators
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Math Entry Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Choice Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Order Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Associate Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Match Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Hot-text Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Gap Match Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Slider Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Extended Text Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a File Upload Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Media Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction
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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Select Point Interaction
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TAO Ignite: Look and Feel
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How does scoring work in TAO? (II)
Awarding partial credit for correct parts of an answer
As an alternative to scoring a test question as completely correct or incorrect, you can decide that you would like the test-taker to receive partial credit for correct parts of the response – i.e. for responses which are partially, but not wholly, correct. This can be useful for questions where the answer is given in multiple parts.
In the example question below, test-takers are asked to identify what each musician did in the rock band The Beatles. Of the responses given, two were correct, but the other two were not.
Awarding partial credit
The black bar at the bottom shows the responses chosen by the test-taker, and the scores given. MAXSCORE shows that there was a maximum of four marks in this question (one for putting each of the musician's names in the correct place), and SCORE shows that the test-taker scored two marks (out of the possible four). In other words, partial credit is awarded for the two which were correct.
Using this scoring method, you also have the possibility of awarding more marks for some parts of the answer than others, if you consider them to be of greater importance. The marks to be given for each part of the response is configured when creating the item.
Note: Details on how to configure this option are given in the chapter 'Summary and configuration of scoring methods' below.