Here is a .ppt file about short answer and completion tests.

1. Completion and Short Answer Items

2. Knowledge and application of facts, theories, or principles Interpretation of data or comprehension of information Effectively measures the following: Also called supplied or constructed response

3. Answer Completion Short Answer

4. Completion Short Answer The first traffic light in the US was invented by _____. Who invented the first traffic light in the US?

5. Advantages

6. can be written fairly easy easy to score faster to answer provide a wide sampling of content possibility of guessing is reduced

7. Limitations

8. time consuming to score subjective nature can be made in scoring hard to assess higher order thinking skills Hard to write because they can fill the blank with unintended responses

9. Issues in Scoring