Constructing Effective English Grammar Test Items: A Guide for Less Experienced Practitioner

Constructing Effective English Grammar Test Items: A Guide for Less Experienced Practitioner discusses the importance of designing comprehensive and accurate English grammar tests, which can effectively measure students’ understanding of grammatical concepts and their ability to apply them in various contexts. The article provides principles for creating good test items, including aligning test items with learning objectives, focusing on meaningful contexts, including a variety of item formats, ensuring clarity and conciseness, varying difficulty levels, and avoiding bias and cultural assumptions. Tips for writing effective distractors (incorrect options) are also provided, emphasizing the importance of reflecting common errors, plausibility, and similarity to the correct answer. Read more, please click!