AL-75 ยท Selected Studies โ€” Education

Assessment Item Writer + Distractor Analyzer

Write multiple-choice items that actually measure what you intend to measure. Grounded in Bloom's taxonomy and best practices from educational measurement, this tool generates MC stems and four options, then classifies each distractor by error type โ€” so every wrong answer teaches something about what students don't yet know.

๐Ÿ“Š Bloom's Revised Taxonomy (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001); MC item-writing guidelines (Haladyna, Downing & Rodriguez, 2002)
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Item Parameters
Write as: 'Students will be able to [verb] [content]'
Bloom's Verb Bank โ€”
Item Stem
Best practice: stem should be a complete question or clear incomplete statement. Avoid negatives ('Which is NOTโ€ฆ') unless the negative is bold/uppercase.
Answer Options & Distractor Classification
For each option: write the text, then select its distractor type. Option A is always the correct answer in this builder โ€” shuffle order before using in an actual assessment.
Saved Items 0 / 10

No items saved yet. Build an item in the Item Builder tab and click "Add to Item Bank."

Export Item Bank

Export all saved items from your bank. The Markdown export produces a formatted item set suitable for pasting into a document. The Policy Mandate export captures the last item built (current state of the Item Builder).