True-False Test Items

1. Is it recommended to take statements directly from the text to make good true-false questions?

• Yes

• No

Two ideas can be included in a true-false statement if the purpose is to show cause and effect.

• Yes

• No

When a true-false statement is an opinion, it should be attributed to someone in the statement.

• Yes

• No

Underlining or circling answers is preferable to having the student write them.

• Yes

• No

Complex statements are used to measure higher order thinking.

• Good

• Poor

. If negatives, such as “not,” are used, they should be highlighted in some way.

• Good

• Poor

True and false statements should be approximately the same length.

• Good

• Poor

There should be a recognizable pattern in the answers, such as TFTFTFTF.

• Good

• Poor

The following are examples of words that should be avoided: “all,” “none,” “never,” “sometimes,” “generally,” and “often.”

• Good

• poor