Better multiple-choice questions
Write clear stems, plausible distractors, and one defensible best answer while avoiding clues and overlap.
Published · 9 minute read
For educators
Practical guides for writing clearer questions, grading evidence consistently, giving useful feedback, and making careful decisions about AI-assisted assessment and browser-based integrity controls.
Browse 10 original guides across 4 topics. Each guide includes a practical checklist and links to related reading.
Plan clearer questions, answer expectations, and pre-publish checks.
Write clear stems, plausible distractors, and one defensible best answer while avoiding clues and overlap.
Published · 9 minute read
Define answer scope, marks, alternatives, reference answers, and compact rubrics for clearer short-answer assessment.
Published · 9 minute read
Design prompts and rubrics that separate argument, evidence, subject knowledge, and communication without double-counting.
Published · 10 minute read
A practical pre-publish review covering outcomes, wording, marks, timing, accessibility, rubrics, integrity, and technical readiness.
Published · 8 minute read
Build defensible rubrics, partial-credit rules, and useful feedback.
Build clear analytic or holistic rubrics, allocate marks deliberately, and moderate scoring with practical examples.
Published · 11 minute read
Use independent criteria, defensible mark increments, and moderation to recognise partial understanding consistently.
Published · 9 minute read
Turn comments into evidence-specific, actionable next steps while keeping feedback proportionate to the task and workload.
Published · 8 minute read
Understand AI-assisted evaluation, its limits, and human oversight.
Understand rubrics, reference answers, semantic interpretation, uncertainty, audit trails, and teacher review.
Published · 10 minute read
Recognise ambiguity, incomplete rubrics, alternative reasoning, model error, bias risks, and adversarial responses.
Published · 10 minute read
Use browser-level signals proportionately and design fair review processes.
Plan proportionate controls while understanding the limits of visibility, focus, fullscreen, copy/paste, and event logging.
Published · 9 minute read