Assessment Builder (AB) is an online tool that provides crowdsourced, vetted assessment items for high school and introductory undergraduate life science courses. You must be a verified educator with BioInteractive to have an AB account.

Access the user quick start guide (PDF) for an overview of essential user functions like browsing, saving, and exporting items.

You can access the full user guide below for step-by-step instructions.

You can author various item types, such as multiple choice, essay, matching, and multiple true/false. For an overview of the process, you can access the author quick start guide (PDF).

Items can be stored for personal use or submitted for peer review and inclusion in the searchable AB database, promoting an active, growing repository of formative and summative assessment items. Accepted items are compensated based on their Bloom’s cognitive level.

You can access the full author guide below for detailed instructions on contributing to the AB database.

You can support BioInteractive by reviewing assessment items that authors created for potential inclusion in the AB collection. Reviewers provide feedback on the accuracy of an item’s scientific content and the quality of the assessment. For an overview of the review process, access the reviewer's quick start guide (PDF). If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, indicate your interest in your AB profile.

You can access the full reviewer guide below for detailed instructions on the review process.