During the Past Couple of Years, Mr

During the past couple of years, Mr. Tarnahan has increasingly replaced performance assessments with multiple-choice tests. Although Mr. Tarnahan believes that performance assessments more accurately assess student progress and achievement, he most likely uses multiple-choice items for which of the following reasons?

A) Performance assessments are too time-consuming to plan and grade.
B) He feels increased pressure to prepare students for taking high-stakes standardized tests.
C) Performance assessments are typically invalid and unreliable.
D) He feels that multiple-choice items are less biased against disadvantaged students.