The entity assessment tasks refers to every task, assignment or
question used in an assessment, whether this is a multiple choicequestion, an essay question or an assignment to write a paper.
Important quality criteria of assessment tasks are relevance,
objectivity, efficiency and difficulty. Relevance means that the
intended measure should correspond with the observed measure.
Objectivity means that the interpretation of items is independent
of the item constructor or assessor. Efficiency means that the most
efficient item form should be selected if there are more equal
options to choose from. Finally, the difficulty level of an item
should be acceptable, given the required educational level.
Quality of assessment tasks is assured when assessment tasks
are designed in a systematic manner according to iterative process
of preparation, implementation and evaluation (Downing &
Haladyna, 1997).