Chapter 6: Creating Good Test Questions

This chapter of Fair Isn’t Always Equal addresses different types of test questions and offers advice of what formats work the best. It offers ideas like creating a question that is impossible to answer or not asking questions that are worded in a manner that makes it easy to misinterpret. There are many little tips that will be helpful in my class when I am creating a math test. I am against true and false questions because they can usually fall into the category of confusing wording. If a student only reads the end of the question and misses the “not” wording they have just missed a question that they probably knew. The overall message from this chapter is an important one; do not make confusing, unnecessary tests. I could not agree more.