A pre/post-test by design covers all of the topics which a student will be studying during a semester. While taking the pre-test at the beginning of a semester, students are not expected to know the answers to all of the questions; however, they should be expected to utilize previous knowledge to predict rational answers. When taking the same test called a post-test at the end of a semester, students should be expected to answer more questions correctly based on an increase in knowledge and understanding.

A pre/post-test should be designed to measure the amount of learning a student has acquired in a specific subject. To do this, questions concerning all of the topics covered during a semester must appear on the test. When grading the tests, the teacher assigns a numerical score to both the pre-test and the post-test. To demonstrate that student progress has been made during a given semester, the post-test score should be higher than the pre-test score.

The stem is the question or sentence to be completed.

The options are the possible answers you can choose from.

The correct answer called the key and the incorrect answers called distractors.

For primary students, use 4 options, except for grade 1-3 students, use 3 options.

People play “Trick or Treat” in the ___________ .

               a. Halloween’s Day

               b. New Year’s Day

               c. Christmas Eve

Do you have science on Tuesday?

               a. No, I don’t.

               b. Yes, you do.

               c. I like science.

               d. I like Tuesday.