Free Multiple-Choice Test Question Checklist: Editable Word + PDF for Item Review
Test Question Quality Checklist (Free)
A free multiple-choice test question checklist for instructional designers, trainers, and teachers. Check each item's stem, alignment, clarity, options, key, and distractors before you approve it. Editable Word file plus a printable PDF, with a fictional before-and-after example.
What you get
- Stem, alignment, and clarity checks (cover test, one idea, positive wording, fairness)
- Options, key, and distractor checks (parallel options, real mistakes, no all/none of the above)
- One fictional before/after example item from a community meeting-room training course
- Editable Word (.docx) and printable PDF
How to use it
- Open the Word file (or print the PDF).
- Complete one checklist per multiple-choice item.
- A No is a reason to revise before the item is marked approved.
This free sample is adapted from the Test Item Writing Kit. If you want the full set of Word guides, drafting templates, Excel item bank and test builder, item analysis tools, and a complete fictional worked example, see the Test Item Writing Kit ($29) in the Clear Path Curriculum store:
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Created by James Holbrook · Clear Path Curriculum · Version 1.0
Personal and classroom use allowed. Do not resell or claim as your own product.
No earnings claims. Example content is entirely fictional.
