Writing Binary-choice Test Items

• Phrase items so that a superficial analysis by the student suggests a wrong answer.
  
  
• Rarely use negative statements, and never use double negatives.
  
  
• Include only one concept in each statement
  
  
• Have an approximately equal number of items representing the two categories being tested.
  
  
• Keep item length similar for both categories being tested.
  

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