According to the text, "essay items should only be used when:   (a) Objectives specify higher-level cognitive processes and objectives items are inappropriate.  (b)  Few tests or items are necessary. (c)
Test security is in question" Kubiszyn &Borich, (2013).  Good learning objectives will produce good test questions.  This will show what the student knows or what teh student had been taught in the classroom.  Multiple choice simple gives the child a choice and they are able to narrow down choices to help them make the correct decisions.  The students knowledge is at states and their visual discrimination is put inot use they are able to see things from a different version.  They also get to recall skills like in my math odds and even numbers.

Three measurable outcomes for a Kindergarten hypothetical class of study:  Reading

1.  Students will correctly write first and last name using lower and upper case letters.
2.  Students will recognize simple sight words.
3.  Students will correctly pronounce sounds of letters.
4.  Students will count by 2's, 5's and 10's.

 Three test items that support learning outcomes:

1.  Correctly writing first and last name.
     Using a name card with child's name correctly written children will copy their name on    
     sentence strip.
     Using upper and lower case magnetic letters children will write their name. 
    Students will use computer program that tells if letter is upper or lower case to write name   
     correctly.
   

2.  Recognize simple sight words.
     Student will have to name so many sight words in three minutes.
     Students will have to read sight words in sentences.
     Students will circle the sight word teacher call out.

3.  Correctly pronounce sound of letters.
      Match alphabet beginning sounds to large alphabet cards.
      Using large hand held leters teacher will hold up one make the soun ask child to find
       the same letter and make the sound.  
       Children will color the picture of the sound of the word teacher calls out.
    

4.  Count by 2's, 4's and 10's
     After being shown one of the numbers and it's written form students will have three
      seecnds to recognize the number.
      Hold up flash card and student tell how many.
      Student will make  a number chart for each number coloring the corresponding numbers.

Essay Item:
Students need to become critical thinkers to be able to survive in this world.  There are no two children alike and it is not always possible to tell what a child has learned by taking a test.  All students to no obtain knowledge the same way.   According to Kubiszyn, T. & Borich G. (2013),
"Multiple-choice items are unique among objective test items because, contrary to popular opinion, they enable you to measure behavior at the higher levels of teh taxonomy of educational objectives"

Reference:
Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. (2013). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and practice (10th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.