Multiple Response – SchoolCity

This lesson provides step-by-step guidance on creating a Multiple Response item in the Item Bank. This item type requires students to select two or more correct answers from several answer choices. This question type can be administered online or on paper, offers partial credit and relative scoring, and is automatically scored.

Before You Begin

This lesson begins assuming that users have the permissions to create new Item Bank items, and are familiar with the item creation process. To learn more about creating Item Bank items, take a look at the Create Items article.

Create Multiple Response Item

An example Multiple Response item creation screen, with Item Type labeled as step 1, Link Passage labeled as step 2, Include Teacher Instructions labeled as step 3, Question labeled as step 4, Partial Credit labeled as step 5, Relative Scoring labeled as step 6, Total Possible Points labeled as step 7, Rubric labeled as step 8, Sample Response labeled as step 9, # of Choices labeled as step 10, Limit # of Choices labeled as step 11, Type of Choices labeled as step 12, Lock Choices Order labeled as step 13, and Include Rationale labeled as step 14.

Select the Multiple Response item type.
(Optional) Choose one or more passages by selecting Link Passage.
- Passages must be published and located in the same Work Space to be available for linking.
Use the slider to determine if the item should Include Teacher Instructions.
- If the slider is set to Yes, enter teacher instructions into the text box.
Enter the Question in the text box.
- The Question may also include audio, video, images, equations, or tables, as shown in the CKEditor formatting tools. Take a look at CKEditor Formatting Tools for Staff Users for more details.
Use the Partial Credit slider to enable or disable partial credit.
- If Partial Credit is disabled, students must select every correct answer to receive points; if any response is incorrect, students receive no points.
- If Partial Credit is enabled, students can receive points for partially correct answers.
If Partial Credit is enabled, use the checkbox to enable Relative Scoring.
- If Relative Scoring is disabled, each correct choice can be assigned an independent number of points.
- If Relative Scoring is enabled, points are awarded according to how many correct choices are selected.
Enter the maximum Total Possible Points students can earn. If Partial Credit has been enabled, the Total Possible Points field becomes uneditable, and instead displays the maximum number of points for the question according to the points assigned to each correct choice.
(Optional) Enter a Rubric, if desired.
(Optional) Enter a Sample Response, if desired.
Select the # of Choices to include, with a minimum of two and a maximum of nine.
Use the slider to Limit # of Choices, if desired.
- If enabled, this option limits the number of answer choices that a student can select to the number of correct answer choices within the item. For example, if an item has three correct choices, the student will be limited to choose only three answer choices.
- If Partial Credit has been enabled, this option is default set to Yes, to prevent students from simply selecting every answer choice to receive all points.
Select the desired Type of Choices, letters or numbers.
Use the slider to Lock Choices Order to prevent answer choices from being randomized during online testing.
Use the slider to Include Rationale, if desired.

An example Multiple Response item creation screen, with the Answer Choices column labeled as step 15, the Answer fields labeled as step 16, Rationale labeled as step 17, the trashcan icons labeled as step 18, Add Choice labeled as step 19, the Relative Scoring Points Awarded labeled as step 20, and the Save and Next buttons labeled as step 21.

Select the correct answers under the Answer Choices column.
Enter the choices students can choose from, including the correct answers, under the Answer column.
If Rationale was enabled, enter Rationale for each answer choice.
Select the trashcan icon to delete an answer choice row.
Select Add Choice to add an answer choice row.
If Relative Scoring is enabled, enter the Points Awarded for each level of Correct Answers Selected.
Select Save to save the item progress, or select Next to save and continue to the next step.

Next Steps

To learn more about creating different item types, take a look at the other articles in the Item Types manual.