Like many issues in education policy, student assessment tends to produce views that crystallize around a false dichotomy. Either our perpetually new and improving multiple-choice tests are the only ...

Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly ...

Multiple choice questions are often frowned on as an assessment tool in higher education. But when well constructed, they offer a clear and transparent way of evaluating student progress, as Anthony ...

Meandering into the lecture hall, you take note of the atmosphere. The air is still. But for the faint sounds of shuffling pages, trackpad clicks, and anxiety-laced whispering, the room is silent. You ...

In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...

Greg McElroy runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine. His brain came along for the ride too. As Charles Wonderlic drove from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to his ...

Multiple Choice proved to be the correct answer Sunday when he rallied from off the pace to catch Sing Me Back Home in deep stretch and notch a ¾ length decision in the rescheduled $109,200 Gravesend ...

This tricky quiz is comprised of riddles and maths puzzles that are surprisingly difficult to solve. The 15-question challenge was shared on US-based Playbuzz by creator Michael Rogers, who claimed it ...

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