There's nothing wrong with bringing teachers up to date through history and philosophy. Especially, when it can be done usefully and ornamentally. (Editor)

Describes how to construct reading comprehension test questions that are unanswerable without careful reading of an accompanying passage and provides examples of the principles explained. (RB)

This reading achievement test, intended for grade 3, is to be completed in 50 minutes. The test contains eight reading selections, each followed by multiple-choice questions related to the selection. (SR)

Half of a two-part English Language Arts Achievement Test, this test evaluates reading skills in Grade 6. It contains general instructions for the student, and 50 multiple choice questions on nine readings (two poems and seven stories). (SR)

The definition, nature, limitations, and strengths of multiple-choice test items are reviewed; and recommendations on the development and use of such items are presented. Many teacher-made multiple-choice tests can be significantly improved. Suggestions for layout organization and an interpretive approach to relationships among items on one test…

Two testing packets, Formative Exercises T-TE-15A and T-TE-15B are reviewed. The Exercises are based on Bloom's concept of learning for mastery and are designed to acquaint teachers with the principles of mastery learning and provide examples of formative evaluation. One form of the exercises provides instant feedback to the examinee; the other,…

Two types of objective questions are compared: the multiple choice item, in which one and only one of several stated alternatives is correct for a given initial statement, and the multiple true-false item, where the stem is followed by several completions of which one or more can be correct. (DT)

In the standard scoring procedure for multiple-choice exams, students must choose exactly one response as correct. Often students may be unable to identify the correct response, but can determine that some of the options are incorrect. This partial knowledge is not captured in the standard scoring format. The Coombs elimination procedure is an…

Article investigated the importance of controlling feedback intervals in applied instructional settings. (Editor/RK)

Describes the advantages of the extended multiple choice test which was developed in an attempt to decrease problems arising from the traditional multiple choice test. (RB)

Seven forms of a sixty item multiple choice test were administered to 454 college freshmen for the purpose of studying the effects on reliability and performance of keyed response option sequencing that would be unlikely under a random model. (Author)

Leo Nedelsky developed a method for determining absolute grading standards for multiple choice tests. His method required a group of judges to examine each test question and eliminate those responses which the lowest D- student should be able to reject as incorrect. The correct answer probabilities remaining were used in computing an expected test…

As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection is reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test…