Thought process and rationale

Thought process and rationale behind the test items and essay item(s).  Use the textbook to support your decisions.

My thought process for creating these test questions are to be absolutely clear on the objectives I want answered.  "Be sure that the problem posed is clear and unambiguous.  Be sure the item has one correct or best answer on which experts would agree" (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010, p. 152).

My rationale for creating the essay question is "an essay item is one for which the student supplies, rather than selects, the correct answer. The student must compose a response, often extensive, to a question for which no single response or pattern of responses can be cited as correct to the exclusion of all other answers" (2010, p. 158).

Reference
Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. D. (2010), Educational testing and measurement: Classroom application and practice (9th ed.). United States: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.