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Day 17/100 of productivity. Oh my, what a day. I took a bio test today and uh.. yeah I don’t think I did that well but I really tried and studied hard for it so I’m trying to remind myself that. I also did a timed writing for English today. I feel alright about that but I think I could have put more effort into it. I have a math test and a history test tomorrow. The second photo is of me studying for the math test! :) Hope you all had a wonderful day! 

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Do Multiple Choice Questions Pass the Test US News



Do Multiple Choice Questions Pass the Test?

Multiple choice tests are pervasive—but are they the best way to measure student achievement?

By Jason Koebler, Contributor | Nov. 28, 2011, at 8:00 a.m.

Use a No. 2 pencil, fill out each circle completely, and don't make any stray marks—these are rules every child learns when taking standardized tests that are largely based on multiple choice. But are multiple choice exams the best way to test students' knowledge? Experts say they are—sort of. The College Board, which designs and administers the SAT college entrance exam and the Advanced Placement subject tests, has tried to make multiple choice questions play less of a dominant role in its exams. In https://www.the-essays.com/term-paper , the organization added a free-response writing section to the SAT, and the number of multiple choice questions on its AP science exams will be reduced from 100 to 55 over the next several years, as the free-response section is expanded from four to seven questions. [Learn more about the new AP science curricula.] But multiple choice and other objective test questions, which have one definitive answer, are likely here to stay. They're quick, for one thing, testing students on a wide range of material in a short period of time. They're also cheap, says Robert Schaeffer, public education director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, an organization that "works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing." Cost is important in an environment where federal and state governments are continually mandating more testing. "Experts know [multiple choice questions] are not the best way to assess higher-order thinking skills," Schaeffer says. But multiple choice tests are "easy to design, trial, score, and revise. You often see previously used questions with components changed." When it comes to testing a wide range of topics, however, multiple choice questions are useful. "They allow us to cover a lot of content," says Wayne Camara, the College Board's vice president of research. Essay and free-response questions measure a student's knowledge in more depth, which is a good thing, Camara says. But if a student glosses over a topic while studying and that topic shows up on an essay question, they can be out of luck, even if they know a large percentage of the course material. "If a student gets a four [out of five] today, we don't want them to get a two if they take a different form of the test in two weeks. That kind of test is not reliable," Camara says. And reliability, especially when college entrance or credit is at stake, is key. [Read about falling SAT scores.] By asking lots of multiple choice questions, test makers are able to more accurately judge a student's breadth of knowledge. Camara says it's important to get a mix of multiple choice and free-response questions to measure both surface-level understanding of the material and higher-level thinking skills. "When you limit a student to one or two essays, you're not necessarily offering them an opportunity to do their best work," he says. "The [AP] test is a representation of an academic year. The more points of information you have, the more likely you'll get a reliable score." However, Schaeffer, of FairTest, says multiple choice questions are useful for judging students' "factual regurgitation," but they're not particularly good at judging students' knowledge. If students can eliminate an incorrect answer or two, they can get a question correct without knowing the material. The SAT math and verbal sections, he says, are "largely multiple choice games with a premium on strategic guessing." That's not good news for deliberate, methodical students. He says multiple choice exams discriminate against students whose "culture or style is not to be able to boldly guess and move on." "You might argue that [being deliberate and methodical] are good traits to use in life," Schaeffer says, "but they're terrible traits on multiple choice tests." [Get tips from the U.S. News College Test Prep guide.] Tom Matts, College Board's senior director for assessments in the AP program, says that's why the AP science exams will feature fewer multiple choice questions. "Rather than covering the details and minutia of a broad range of content, there will be more attention paid to depth of understanding," he says. The new AP biology exam, which will go into effect next school year, will also have objective questions that are not based on multiple choice. These "gridded" questions will be math-based and will require students to bubble in numerical answers after working out the problem. Hybrid multiple choice and free-response tests like the AP exams are closer to ideal than purely multiple choice exams, Schaeffer says, and it's something the government should try to emulate. He says the National Assessments of Educational Progress (NAEP) are also relatively good models because only a sample of students take each test, and not every student has to take a full version of the exam. "You get overall state accountability without subjecting every kid to a ton of testing," he says. See how your school stacks up in our rankings of Best High Schools. Have something of interest to share? Send your news to us at highschoolnotes@usnews.com.

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I hope wherever you are now, that your life is beautiful❤️ #bekindalways #highschoolnotes #keepingthisalways #thankyou

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It's amazing what we will hold on to for ten years. But it's times like these that make me glad I did. :) #memories #nostalgia #highschoolnotes

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Hey @luvmylittlemunkey do you remember this? #highschoolnotes #birthdaycard

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A collection of "notes" found stuffed into an envelope in Dotty's long-buried scrapbook. Some were (probably) written to her when she was in middle or high school, and at least one after she began teaching school herself. The little narratives (and the penmanship) are (for me, at least) pretty entertaining. Read the full transcriptions

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Day 16/100 of productivity. I arguably did a lot of work today.. even though I didn’t feel like I did that much. I’m very frustrated that I’m behind with my history project though, I have to work on communication skills for projects. The next two days are going to be filled with tests and hard assignments.. perfect time to test my knowledge. Hope you all had a great day!

Btw if you want me to check out your post, you can use the tag #bignerdstudyblr :) I also am on recents for #studyblr all the time to like all posts.

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I don't even know #highschoolnotes #highschool #mathphun #punny "Holy shift! Look at the asymptote on that mother function!" #imlame

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Bio readings and notes! 🦕🦋🌊

I recently had a very nice conversation with a person I really admire and I learned a lot of things and I got some really useful advice/tips for highschool. I honestly can’t wait to start implementing these things in my life. We talked a lot about time management and self care.

A goal I have for me and everyone else reading this today is to take 5 minutes tonight to meditate! Meditation is one of the things that has kept me calm(er) in the last year and I strongly reccomend it. For those new to meditation, I would suggest downloading the Headspace app and trying out their introductory course. It helps me a lot everyday and I hope it can help you out too. =]

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Day 21/100 of productivity. Today was a much needed day of just happiness. I feel like I used to feel this way every single day at one point but I don’t know what happened. :( I guess school, stress, and just a lot of things in general have changed that.

But, focusing on the happiness! Today I talked to literally favorite person in the world for two hours about debate, life, and politics. (That’s the photo of the notes we were taking). He’s such an amazing person and it just really made my day to talk to him about everything and hear his voice again. Hope y’all have more days full of happiness. 💛🥰