Writing Completion Completion / Short-Answer Test Items

• Usually employ direct questions rather than incomplete statement, particularly for young students.
  
  
• Structure the item so that a response should be concise.
  
  
• Make sure blanks for all items are equal in length.
  
  
• Place blanks in the margin for direct questions or near the end of incomplete statements.
  
  
• For incomplete statements, use only one, or at most, two blanks.

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Source:
Popham, W. James (2002). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know (3rd ed.). MA: Allyn & Bacon