The Prepared Practitioner: Multiple-Choice Season

by: Alan Colburn

Spring is almost here. Soon buds will appear on trees, and bubbled-in answers will appear on test response sheets all across America. Spring brings a spate of multiple-choice tests for many students—from SATs to AP exams to final exams to state and district testing. So this month seems an appropriate time to take a look at multiple-choice questioning.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2009Stock # tst09_076_03_10Volume 076Issue 03

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Tina Harris (Bloomington, IN)
Tina Harris (Bloomington, IN)

Brief and pithy

The author explains the basics for developing good multiple choice test items, their limits and strengths. Anyone who has not taken a course in assessment would find this useful and if you h... See More

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