Poorly written practice items – CMP Exam Prep 2017 Edition Review

The sample items should be representative of the exam quality items, or they are not a beneficial tools for gauging performance expectations. I would suggest that the organization that created the items presented by this prep tool seek out better psychometric assistance. For example in a multiple choice items, unless stated in the stem, ‘choose the best response’ then the keyed response should be the only accurate response, and the distractors should be 100% inaccurate responses. Distractors should be plausible, but incorrect. Distractors should be representative of the common errors of the typical learner. Exam items should not be written in a manner that is intended to ‘trick’ the test taker. The idea is that you WANT to test the learner’s knowledge accurately. Trick questions, and throw-away responses do not properly measure the learners actual knowledge. There is a science to writing good items and sadly, I do not see much of that science present in the sample items provided by this tool. I am sorry I spent the money for the full package.
Review by Karen Conrad on CMP Exam Prep 2017 Edition.