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Links
Kehoe, Jerard (1995). Writing multiple choice test items.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 4(9).
http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=4&n=9.
Frary, Robert B. (1995). More multiple choice item writing do's and don'ts.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 4(11).
http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=4&n=11.
Kehoe, Jerard (1995). Basic item analysis for multiple choice tests.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 4(10).
http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=4&n=10.
Kehoe, Jerard. Basic Item Analysis for Multiple choice Tests. -- "This Digest offers some suggestions for the improvement of multiple choice tests using "item analysis" statistics. These statistics are typically provided by a measurement services, where tests are machine-scored, as well as by testing software packages."
http://www.robmccormack.com/qphelp/qphowto4.php
Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon. Writing Multiple choice Questions that Demand Critical Thinking
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Etep/assessment/mc4critthink.php
Carneson, J., Delpierre, G. & Masters, K. Designing and Managing Multiple Choice Questions
http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/ltg/castle/resources/mcqman/mcqman01.php
Office of Measurement Services, University of Minnesota.
http://www.ucs.umn.edu/oms/multchoice.phpx
Resources
Haladyna, T. M. (1999). Developing and validating multiple choice test items. 2nd Ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- This text is primarily focused on large-scale testing, but much of it is still very relevant to classroom testing.
Nitko, A. J. (2001). Educational assessment of students. 3rd Ed. Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall.
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130137081,00.php
- Though this book is for K-12 teachers, Nitko is unparalleled in his copious examples and checklists when it comes to item writing. See especially chapter 8.
Gronlund, N. E., & Linn, R. L. (1990). Measurement and evaluation in teaching (6th Ed.). New York: Macmillan.
- This is a classic measurement text that expands on many of the issues presented here. See especially chapters 7 & 8.
Oosterhof, A. (2001). Classroom applications of educational measurement (3rd Ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall.
- Another text written for K-12 teachers, it also has excellent information about a broad range of topics relevant to multiple choice testing.
References
American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education (1999). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Washington, DC: AERA.
Armstrong, A. (1993). Cognitive-style difference in testing situations. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 12 (3), 17-22.
Brissenden & Slater (n.d.) Assessment Primer. Retrieved June 26, 2002 from the Internet at http://www.flaguide.org/start/start.php
Crooks, T. J. (1988). The impact of classroom evaluation practices on students. Review of Educational Research, 58(4), 438-481.
Dufresne, R. J., Leonard, W. J., & Gerace, W. J. (2002). Making sense of students' answers to multiple-choice questions. The Physics Teacher, 40, 174-180.
Dwyer, C. A. (1993). "Innovation and reform: Examples from teacher assessment." In R. E. Bennett & W. C. Ward (eds.) Construction versus choice in cognitive measurement (pp. 265 - 289. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gronlund, N. E. (1988). How to construct achievement tests (4th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Gronlund, N. E., & Linn, R. L. (1990). Measurement and evaluation in teaching (6th Ed.). New York: Macmillan.
Guthrie, D. S. (1992). "Faculty goals and methods of instruction: Approaches to classroom assessment." In Assessment and Curriculum Reform. New Directions for Higher Education No. 80, 69-80. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Haladyna, T. M. (1999). Developing and validating multiple choice test items (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Haladyna, T. M., & Dowling, S. M. (1989). Validity of a taxonomy of multiple-choice item-writing rules. Applied Measurement in Education, 2(1), 51 - 78.
Hansen, J. D., & Dexter, L. (1997). Quality multiple-choice test questions: Item-writing guidelines and an analysis of auditing test banks. Journal of Education for Business, 73(2), 94-97.
Jacobsen, R. H. (1993). What is good testing?: Perceptions of college students. College Teaching, 41(4), 153-156.
Lederhouse, J. E., & Lower, J. M. (1974). Testing college professor's tests. College Student Journal, 8(1), 68-70.
McDougall, D. (1997). College faculty's use of objective tests: State-of-the-practice versus state-of-the-art. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 30(3), 183-193.
Murray, J. P. (1990). Better testing for better learning. College Teaching, 38(4), 148-152.
Nitko, A. J. (2001). Educational assessment of students. (3rd Ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall.
Oosterhof, A. (2001). Classroom applications of educational measurement (3rd Ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall.
Sadler, P. M. (1998). Psychometric models of student conceptions in science: Reconciling qualitative studies and distracter-driven assessment instruments. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35(3), 265-296.
Shifflett, B., Phibbs, K., & Sage, M. (1997). Attitudes toward collegiate level classroom testing. Educational Research Quarterly, 21(1), 15-26.
Shepard, L. (1989). Why we need better assessments. Educational Leadership, 46 (7), 4-9.
Sims, R. L. (1997). Gender equity in management education: A content analysis of test bank questions. Journal of Education for Business, 72 (5), 283-287.
Wiggins, G. (1989). A true test: Toward more authentic and equitable assessment. Phi Delta Kappan, 70 (9) , 703-713.
Wiggins, G. (1992). Creating tests worth taking. Educational Leadership, 49(8), 26-33.
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