How to construct a good short-answer item test

1. How to
CONSTRUCT a

2. W O R D

3. Poor: Chauvet cave was discovered
only in ______?
Better: In what year does Chauvet
was discovered?

4. THE
END.

5. Poor: In the year _____, Xavier
University turned 100 years old.
Better: Xavier University turned 100
years old in the year ____.

6. 1 2 3

7. sentences or phrases

8. NUMERICA

9. Poor: If a room measures 7 meter
by 4 meters, the perimeter is
____.
Better: If a room measures 7 meters
by 4 meters, the perimeter is
_____ meters (or m).

10. BLANK
SPACE!
oomuch

11. In the year _____ , Prime
Minister
_________ signed the
__________ , which
led to a ___________ which
was
__________ .

12. DIRECT
QUESTION