fuhrman@b.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (Cris Fuhrman) (07/06/89)
I have been working some time now with a psychology professor who has evaluated several books on introductory psychology. Many of these books are sold along with test generation software to make it easier for the professor to make up quizzes and tests. It's obviously beneficial in an area like intro psych since the questions can be true/false, multiple choice, or matching. Along with the generation software, the publishers include disks full of questions, grouped according to the chapter of the book. The software they provide you with is very weak. The generation capabilities are very limited. Even the questions they provide you with are "questionable" as far as clarity or usefulness. * Does anyone know of a flexible and powerful test generation/question bank manager program? It would be useful to generate tests composed of true/false, multiple choice, and matching questions. It would also be useful to be able to manage the data base of questions/answers. I have heard of places that will do test generation for individuals (something like "Indiana Testing Services"). Do they use computers to do the generation (besides word processing)? * Is there a standard format for storing a test question bank? Please respond via e-mail to manager@a.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu -Cris