Test Item Writing Kit: Multiple-Choice Question Templates, Item Bank & Item Analysis (Word + Excel)

Test Item Writing Kit

Templates and guides for writing better test questions: multiple choice, true-false, matching, short answer, and performance items. Tag each item to an objective and level, keep it in an Excel item bank, build test forms that cover your blueprint, and run basic item analysis.

Created by James Holbrook

One-time price: US$29

Version 1.1

Write clearer test items, tag each one to an objective and a level, keep them in one bank, build test forms that cover your blueprint, and read basic results after a test.

Who it is for

Instructional designers, trainers, and small training providers, including healthcare-training teams, who write their own quizzes, knowledge checks, and end-of-course tests.

What you get

• START-HERE: a one-page guide to your first 10 minutes (PDF).
• Eight guides (Word and PDF): Quick-Start, Item-Writing (multiple choice, true-false, matching, short answer, performance), Stem and Distractor, Cognitive-Level Tagging, Item Analysis, Worked Example, License and Use Terms
• NEW in v1.1: Using AI With This Kit guide (Word and PDF) with ready-to-use prompts and a verification checklist — draft with any chat assistant, then verify with the Item-Writing Checklist.
• Six editable Word templates with PDF copies: Item-Writing Checklist, Item Drafting Worksheet, Matching and Short-Answer Key Sheet, Performance Item Prompt, Test Form Cover and Instructions, Item Analysis Review Log
• Excel Item Bank and Test Builder (formulas, no macros): blueprint coverage check, three test forms, printable answer key, and basic item analysis (difficulty, discrimination, option counts)
• A fictional, nonclinical worked example with BEFORE and AFTER item sets and workbooks

Works with the Course-to-Assessment Alignment Kit

Optional. The two kits share objective IDs, levels, review statuses, and decisions.

What this is not

Not an accreditation, certification, or compliance package. Not proof that a test is valid, reliable, or fair. Not a grading system. Not clinical content. A blank workbook shows zero flags because nothing has been entered yet; that is not a passing result.

Price

US$29, one-time purchase. Not a subscription.

Refund policy

If you're not satisfied, email jholbrookfmf-bam22w@mail.grokbot.com within 14 days of purchase for a full refund. No questions asked.