How does ETS come up with test questions?
Before any test is developed, educators and other professionals who use test results first define the knowledge and skills that the test will need to cover. For example, the questions for a fourth-grade math test to be used statewide would largely be determined by the state’s academic standards at that grade level for math. When ETS develops tests, we work with teachers, test experts and others to develop a pool of test questions that measure how students are doing against such standards. We then put those questions through multiple, rigorous reviews so that they meet the highest standards for quality and fairness in the testing industry.
