Effective
Test Writing
Technique
•TABLE OF
SPECIFICATIONS
Type of Test: Multiple Choice
• Objective type of test
• Easy to check/evaluate/score
• Should ideally have 4 choices
Things to consider in test writing:
• Questions must be in correct grammar
• Keep the answers/choices in the same length
• Start test with easiest going to most difficult
• Test multiple learning levels (Bloom’s taxonomy)
• Create a “backstory” on the stem of the question.
Effective test writing.pptx

Effective test writing.pptx

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    Type of Test:Multiple Choice • Objective type of test • Easy to check/evaluate/score • Should ideally have 4 choices
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    Things to considerin test writing: • Questions must be in correct grammar • Keep the answers/choices in the same length • Start test with easiest going to most difficult • Test multiple learning levels (Bloom’s taxonomy) • Create a “backstory” on the stem of the question.