Multiple-Choice Questions Are More Often Seen on Standardized Achievement Tests

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Multiple Choice

Multiple-choice questions are more often seen on standardized achievement tests than are alternative-response and matching items because:

• A)students are more familiar with their format, so testwiseness is less likely to affect students' performance.
• B)they are more useful in assessing higher-level skills.
• C)they eliminate the guessing factor that plagues other recognition items.
• D)they are easier to write.

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