This book is intended for anyone who is seriously interested in designing and validating multiple-choice test items that measure understanding and the application of knowledge and skills to complex situations, such as critical thinking and problem solving. The most comprehensive and authoritative book in its field, this edition has been extensively

Introduction, I. A Foundation for Multiple-Choice Testing, 1. The Importance of Item Development for Validity, 2. Content and Cognitive Processes, 3. Item Formats, II. Developing MC Test Items, 4. MC Formats, 5. Guidelines for Developing MC Items, 6. A Casebook of Exemplary Items and Innovative Item Formats, 7. Item Generation, III. Validity Evidence Arising From Item Development and Item Response Validation, 8. Validity Evidence Coming From Item Development Procedures, 9. Validity Evidence Coming From Statistical Study of Item Responses, 10. Using Item Response Patterns to Study Specific Problems, IV. The Future of Item Development and Item Response Validation, 11. New Directions in Item Writing and Item Response Validation, References, Author Index, Subject Index