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New Test Items in Test Creation

Directions for Creating New Test Item Types in Assessment Admin

There are now 6 different types of questions available when creating Classroom tests as well as School Assessments. Please follow these instructions on how to create each type of question in your assessments. Question Types:

• Multiple Choice: question with four default answer options (A, B, C, D)

• True/False: question with True of False answer options

• Gridded: question provides a grid for entering the correct numeric values(great for computation questions)

• Open Response: provides a text box for entering a response to a question or writing prompt. (must be manually scored by teacher if taken online or with answer sheets)

• *Inline: question that provides drop down choices within text much like a “fill in the blank” question

• *Matching: provide directions and two columns that can be matched where each item is scored with its own number of points

*Denotes a new question type Samples of each type of question are located on the last 5 pages of this document. This is how they appear when a student takes the test “Online”. Coming Soon in June 2013: manipulatives to use with online testing (inch, cm and unit rulers, protractor and compass) As you create your tests, you should try to incorporate these new types as this will prepare students for the PARCC state assessments coming in 2014-2015. These directions address how to add each type of question when you are creating a Classroom test or Common Assessment for Schools. Start with Create a Test Manually under Assessment Admin. Enter all details and be sure to select the Preferred Standards document so you have less selecting during the test creation.


Multiple Choice Questions: These questions provide a question with four answer options. You can add additional answer options or delete the 4th if only 3 are needed.

Step 1: Select Multiple Choice for your question type. Step 2: Enter your question and answer options next to the letters where your see “Click here to add content”. Seep 3: Mark your correct answer by checking the box under the answer option and enter a number of points if you wish to change from the default of 1 point. Step 4: Standard lookup is next. Click the button to open the desired standards document. You may only choose one standard so remember you can click the + sign before a standard to see more details. Click Done when your standard has been selected. Step 5: Check to make sure there are no Alerts! (any triangle alerts must be addressed. No Alerts is a must! Step 6: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” your question.


True/False Questions: These questions allow you to enter your question and just mark whether the answer is True or False.

Step 1: Select True/False for your question type. Step 2: Enter the test question. Step 3: Enter point value if you desire a number other than 1. Step 4: Choose your standard. Step 5: Check for Alerts-there should be NO Alerts! Step 6: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” the question.

Be sure the wording of your question is appropriate for selecting a True or False answer!


Gridded Questions: Gridded questions are used when you wish students to “Calculate” and record their answers without having a choice of answer options. Great for math tests to assess calculation abilities.

Step 1: Select Gridded for your question type. Step 2: Click to add the content of your question. Step 3: Select the number of columns needed for the actual answer to be recorded. Step 4: Key in the correct answer. Step 5: Assign the number of points to be earned. Step 6: Choose the standard. Step 7: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” the question.

Examples of this type of question:

>Find the product for 25 x 5. (Answer is 125 which needs 3 columns)

� Find the sum. 2.5 + 3.2

(Answer is 5.7 which would require 3 columns. The middle column would be the decimal point. Students would key in a period for the decimal point.)


Open Response Questions: Use open response questions when you need a written answer to a prompt or an explanation to how you solved a problem. [Math

problems that require symbols for some high school courses will not be available to students in an online setting. This should be restricted to taking the test using the plain paper answer sheets.]

If students just need to type in text and/or simple equations (8+5=13) that are possible with a keyboard, then math questions like these are okay to answer online. Step 1: Select Open Response for your question type. Step 2: Click to add your question or writing prompt under the item number. Step 3: Enter the number or points that can be earned. Step 4: Use the arrow to select the size of the text box for the answer. (A written solution with multiple paragraphs may need 1 page.) Step 5: Select the appropriate standard. Step 6: Click to add Scoring instructions that instruct the teacher on what should be included in the response. Step 7: Rubrics are new! Teachers can create their own rubrics in SchoolNet and upload them for use with their questions. Step 8: Check that you have NO Alerts! Step 9: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” your question.


Inline Response This question is like a fill in the blank where the answers are selected from the drop down sections instead of typing in the response. (Great for any subject including math where missing quantities and/or text is missing.)

Step 1: Select Inline Response for your question type. Step 2: Click to add the question as shown below.

Step 3: As you enter your question, insert a gap where you need to leave a “blank”. This will provide a place to enter options for the answer. Save the question.


Step 4: Once you save the question the screen refreshes and you now need to identify the GAP (or gaps). You can have more than one GAP in a question. You would need to select the number of the gap to then enter the answer choices and check the one that is correct. Be sure you have a number of points identified as well. If you have more than one gap, click the tab for the next gap and enter answers, mark correct answer and enter point value. Step 5: Select the standard. Step 6: Check that you have No Alerts. Step 7: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” the question.

This question type is ideal for written text that requires students to fill in the blank with the correct name, number or other information. Remember this is like leaving a “blank” for a student to write in the answer that is missing.


Matching Questions: When you need to provide items for matching that you would like to have as one question, use the matching type of question. This question is great for matching vocabulary and meanings, capitals and states, events and their importance or date, etc.

Step 1: Select Matching for your question type. Step 2: Click to add the student directions for the matching problem. Step 3: Key in the Question Stems (or left column) that are what you want the students to match to the answers given. Step 4. Key in the answer options under Available Choices. (the default is one extra).


Step 5: Key in the correct matching letter before the Question stems. Be sure to enter a point value if you desire anything other than one. I recommend you leave each at 1 point.

Step 6: Select the appropriate standard. Step 7: Check for NO Alerts. Step 8: Click Return to Test Detail to “save” the question.

The following pages provide a glimpse of each question type as it appears in an online test a student would take. These previews help you visualize how your questions should be created in a test.


Sample of a Multiple Choice Question in an Online test:

Sample True/False Question in an Online test


Sample of a Gridded Question in an Online test


Sample of Open Response Question in an Online test

Sample of an Inline Question in an Online test


Sample of a Matching question in an Online test

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