Back Pocket Prompt #2 · Assessment

AI wrote your quiz. Run this check before kids see it.

Quiz questions that show their proof, plus a 5-point check before kids see them.

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Slide 1 of 6. Photo background. Assessment AI wrote your quiz. Run this check before kids see it. A 5-point check for every item.

Slide 2 of 6. The problem AI quiz items look fine. Some aren't. They can be oddly worded, off-target or just wrong. Teachers are noticing. So are students. Checking before you copy costs less than fixing it after.

Slide 3 of 6. Paste today's lesson text, then type: “Write 8 multiple-choice questions on [learning goal]. For each, give the answer, the sentence in my text that proves it, and why each wrong option is wrong.”

Slide 4 of 6. The 5-point human check For every question: Is the proof sentence really in your text?; Exactly one right answer?; Could your weakest reader parse it?; Does it test today's goal, not trivia?; Wrong options believable? Answers spread across A–D? Fails one? Fix it or cut it.

Slide 5 of 6. The payoff Where your minutes go Spend the time you save planning tomorrow's small group for the kids who missed question 3. By hand: ~30 min, Writing 8 solid items With AI + check: ~12 min, Generate, then check

Slide 6 of 6. Keep this one in your back pocket. Save it before your next quiz. AI drafts. You decide what kids see. Back Pocket Prompts · built by a teacher-developer and a data scientist

The problem: AI quiz items look fine. Some aren't.

They can be oddly worded, off-target or just wrong. Teachers are noticing. So are students. Checking before you copy costs less than fixing it after.

1. Paste today's lesson text, then type:

Your back-pocket prompt

Write 8 multiple-choice questions on [learning goal]. For each, give the answer, the sentence in my text that proves it, and why each wrong option is wrong.

2. The human check: For every question:

Is the proof sentence really in your text?
Exactly one right answer?
Could your weakest reader parse it?
Does it test today's goal, not trivia?
Wrong options believable? Answers spread across A–D?

Fails one? Fix it or cut it.

Where your minutes go

By hand~30 minWriting 8 solid items

With AI + check~12 minGenerate, then check

Spend the time you save planning tomorrow's small group for the kids who missed question 3.

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