1. Creating Alternative Response Items: Best Practices Avoid using broad, general statements Avoid trivial statements Avoid using negative statements Avoid long, complex statements When using opinion statements attribute them to a source All statements should be of a similar length Include relatively equal numbers of true and false statements Avoid including two ideas in a single statement

3. Allows for larger sampling of content

4. Effective for measuring verbal knowledge

6. Validity can be compromised because of the likelihood of guessing correctly

7. Easy to construct?