The premise of this document is that trade instructors and incumbent workers can work together as a writing team to develop test items for vocational education. The development process used by the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) is described as follows: (1) identify and validate a task list; (2) conduct task analysis; (3) write test items; (4) review and edit test items; and (5) aid in validating items (field test). Procedures are itemized for task analysis and test item writing, and tips are provided for field testing and validity. A list of 13 references is included. (KC)