The real problem with multiple-choice tests
- Q) What is one responsibility that modern Presidents have NOT described in the Constitution? (From the 2010 NAEP exam)
- a) Commanding the armed forces b) Proposing an annual budget to Congress c) Appointing Supreme Court justices d) Granting pardons
One of the biggest complaints about standardized tests is that the multiple-choice questions don’t measure deep thinking skills. Here’s a new look at the problems with multiple-choice questions, written by Terry Heick, curriculum director atTeachThought, an online platform that that explores innovation in education.
Heick is an educator, husband, and father of three who is interested in improved social capacity through the design of progressive learning forms. An excerpt of this post appeared on TeachThought, and a fuller version on Edutopia.
(The answer to the question above is B, from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2010.)
By Terry Heick
The multiple-choice problem is becoming a bit of an issue.
While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring
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