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Title: How to Prepare Better Multiple-Choice Test Items Post by: Tanya on July 13, 2007, 12:23:00 AM How to Prepare Better Multiple-Choice Test Items
The purpose of this booklet is to present those guidelines with the intent of improving the quality of the multiple-choice test items used to assess student achievement. Specifically, the booklet is designed to help teachers achieve the following objectives: 1. Distinguish between objectives which can be appropriately assessed by using multiple- choice items and objectives which would be better assessed by some other means. 2. Evaluate existing multiple-choice items by using commonly-accepted criteria to identify specific flaws in the items. 3. Improve poorly-written multiple-choice items by correcting the flaws they contain. 4. Construct well-written multiple-choice items that measure given objectives. |