Test writing

[IdahoSciGuy]

Personally depends on a factor of how much time I have/What Event it's for/how many teams will be there. With full control of the format, an invitational of 7 teams will get a different style of a test than a full tournament of 60. The main reason for the difference is the ease of grading though. Our volunteers in my state are precious, so we do the best we can with them in mind, just as much as the test content. So, for that invitational, there's more likely to be short answers, but that full tournament of 60 might have fill in the blanks, multiple-choice, or a spattering of both through station formats. The end goal being that there are adequate knowledge checks going on, while simultaneously being gradable efficiently.

Are you going to be at the North JH Invitational on Saturday? If so, I'd really like to meet you!

I will indeed! I'll be running Reach for the Stars and Dynamic Planet, which were my wheelhouse when I used to compete in SciOly. I'll also be announcing the results at the end, as far as I've been made aware! I'll be easy to spot, regardless!

[BennyTheJett]

I have a question for the alumni: Do you guys ever write a test or tests for a meet without actually going to the meet and running the event?

[Umaroth]

I have a question for the alumni: Do you guys ever write a test or tests for a meet without actually going to the meet and running the event?

Not an alum, but I've done that before, and I know that's what a lot of students have done. This was mainly for Jeffrey Trail Div B Invitational, Raymond Park Div B/C Invitational, and Eagle View Div B Invitational, where pretty much every test was written by a high level student and proctored at the event by volunteers who communicated with the writers on how to run the event.

[sciolyperson1]

I have a question for the alumni: Do you guys ever write a test or tests for a meet without actually going to the meet and running the event?

Not an alum, but I've done that before, and I know that's what a lot of students have done. This was mainly for Jeffrey Trail Div B Invitational, Raymond Park Div B/C Invitational, and Eagle View Div B Invitational, where pretty much every test was written by a high level student and proctored at the event by volunteers who communicated with the writers on how to run the event.

Builderguy135 and I wrote the road test for Jeffery trial (and jtok scrimmage), Raymond park, eagle view, and Rustin, and did not attend any of the competitions. If I were to attend though, I'd rather write a road test and run a build (or lmmm)

[lumosityfan]

I have a question for the alumni: Do you guys ever write a test or tests for a meet without actually going to the meet and running the event?

I've done that before. I wrote the Astronomy tests for some regions and states when people requested it. While I'm certainly able and willing to do so, I prefer to be there in person just because it makes it easier to proctor my own test in terms of grading and understanding the test itself.

[SilverBreeze]

I have a question for the alumni: Do you guys ever write a test or tests for a meet without actually going to the meet and running the event?

I've done that before. I wrote the Astronomy tests for some regions and states when people requested it. While I'm certainly able and willing to do so, I prefer to be there in person just because it makes it easier to proctor my own test in terms of grading and understanding the test itself.

I agree from a competitor standpoint, where a great frustration is asking the proctor about what you think could be a minor error and they can only reply "I'm sorry, I didn't write this test." That being said, good test quality without the writer present is better than poor quality with the writer proctoring.

[BennyTheJett]

How do you get in contact with the people in order to write the tests?

[Giantpants]

How do you get in contact with the people in order to write the tests?

I've been wondering this too; since the area I'm going to college in has a pretty decent number of competitions (invitationals and regionals), is there a particular way to contact people letting them know I'm an SO alumni who wants to help write/run tests at their competitions?

[lumosityfan]

You usually can just email the event organizer and let them know you're interested in writing/running tests. Also, some invitationals will have a form that you can fill out.

[MoMoney$$$;)0)]

Hey everyone,

I was thinking about writing some tests in my region, but since I need some volunteer hours for National Honors Society, if I log my hours apporpriately, do you guys think I can get volunteer hours from test writing? Thanks!