The following quiz is adapted from the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 print issue of The Week Magazine. We've set the timer to nine minutes ...

Not all exams are complicated, especially those that are created by ChatGPT. This man took a 120-question multiple-choice test and noticed almost every answer was option B. At first, he was confused ...

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When I was in school, multiple-choice exams were the backbone of testing. Teachers relied on them because they were efficient: Scantron sheets could be graded quickly, objectively and consistently.

New California bar exam multiple choice and essay questions could be checked by Golden State judges under a set of rules ...

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 ...

Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state’s legal licensing body has caused ...

I’m a high school social studies teacher who believes that when students learn how to ask good questions, they take greater ownership of their learning, deepen comprehension, and are more inclined to ...

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to ...