How do I make two versions of a quiz?
Keep the same questions and change two things: the order of the questions and the position of the right answer in each one. That way both versions are equally hard, but a student glancing at a neighbor's paper sees a different quiz. In the quiz maker, tick "Versions A and B" and it does both for you, with a key for each version.
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Writing two sets of different questions sounds fairer, but it is hard to make two sets exactly as hard as each other, and then one half of the class has the easier test. Shuffling the same questions avoids that.
What the quiz maker does
- Version B has the same questions as version A in a different order, and every question's three answer boxes in a different order too.
- If a shuffle ever came out in the same order as A, the maker turns it by one, so B always differs.
- Each page says "Version A" or "Version B" under the title.
- The answer key prints on its own page, with a section for each version.
- The bubble sheet asks students to circle their version, so you know which key to use.
- As an exit ticket, the page alternates A and B tickets, so students sitting side by side get different ones.
The same settings always make the same quiz, so if you print again tomorrow, or share the link with a colleague, you get the same two versions and the same keys.
Tools that help
- Quiz maker: "Versions A and B", an answer key for each, and an optional bubble sheet.
- What the quiz bank holds: The math facts, sight words, word meanings and passages it can draw on.