<p>Both of my D’s had only one college course that used a multiple choice test (they are/were non-STEM majors). Every other course was graded on papers, essay tests and oral participation. </p>
<p>If it is a goal to prepare high school students for college, then multiple choice and standardized tests will not do this. The problem is that high school teachers claim they do not have enough time to grade papers and essay tests, so instead they use multiple-choice tests (that they do not return to the student because it would take to long to write a new one - so how can we parents help them??? ugh that is another issue)</p>