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Download full textHaladyna, Thomas M. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2018
Writing multiple-choice test items to measure student learning in higher education is a challenge. Based on extensive scholarly research and experience, the author describes various item formats, offers guidelines for creating these items, and provides many examples of both good and bad test items. He also suggests some shortcuts for developing…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHaladyna, Thomas M.; Downing, Steven M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1989
A taxonomy of 43 rules for writing multiple-choice test items is presented, based on a consensus of 46 textbooks. These guidelines are presented as complete and authoritative, with solid consensus apparent for 33 of the rules. Four rules lack consensus, and 5 rules were cited fewer than 10 times. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Interrater Reliability, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
