Development of a Test in German Language to Assess Middle School Students’ Physics Proficiency

This short contribution reports the development of a test for assessing middle school students' physics proficiency via multiple-choice single-select items in German language. The assesses content and procedural knowledge across various areas that are typical education at middle-school level is based on adapted developed within Third International Mathematics Science Study (TIMSS). We report study design we used to develop this test, as well results selected parameters regarding test's psychometric quality.