A taxonomy such as Bloom's tells the AI how to spread your test's questions across thinking levels, from remembering to applying and analyzing. You pick the taxonomy when you generate a test, most questions get a label with their level, and after grading you see how your class did on each level.
It's how the AI test generator writes tests that ask for more than isolated facts.
Choose a taxonomy for your test
You pick the taxonomy when you generate a test, under Taxonomy in the Test context window. You can change it later in Settings → AI context. The default is Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.
| Taxonomy | Levels | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (default) | Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create | All |
| Original Bloom's Taxonomy | Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation | Teacher, Organization |
| TIMSS Taxonomy | Knowing, Applying, Reasoning | Teacher, Organization |
Which taxonomies you see depends on the test's language. Tests in Dutch also have the RTTI taxonomy, which is only available in Dutch.
What does the taxonomy do when questions are made?
For each level, the AI gets a description, example question stems and usually a recommended share of the questions. It uses those to spread the questions across the levels, and most questions get a label with their level, such as Apply. It's a guideline, not a fixed split, so check whether the mix suits your test.
If you switch to another taxonomy later, existing questions keep their old labels. Only new questions get labels from the new taxonomy.
Everything else the AI is given when it writes questions is in How Examplary generates AI test questions.
Edit a question's labels
Open a question and look under Settings at Labels. You can add and remove labels there. The list shows Previously used (labels from this test) and Taxonomy (the levels of your taxonomy). To make a label of your own, such as a chapter or learning objective, type it and choose Use '…'.
Imported questions don't get labels, so add those yourself. Students don't see labels.
See results per level
After grading, go to Grade test → Statistics. Performance per label shows, for each label, the percentage of answers that were correct, with the number of correct answers and the total. Only answers with full points count as correct.
If your test uses more than one label, you can also see how each student scored per label. Open a student in the Students view. Viewing test results and statistics has more on the statistics.
Create your own taxonomy
Admins can create a taxonomy of their own for the whole school. Go to Account settings → Taxonomies:
- Choose Duplicate next to one of the default taxonomies. A new taxonomy always starts as a copy.
- Choose Edit levels next to the copy.
- Change the Name, the Characteristics and AI instructions and the Levels. Add level adds another one.
Changes save automatically and apply to every test that uses the taxonomy, from the next time questions are generated. Teachers can pick a custom taxonomy on Teacher or Organization, and only for tests in the same language as the taxonomy you copied. A taxonomy that's in use by a test can't be deleted.
Troubleshooting
I don't see the taxonomy I want. The test is in a different language. Taxonomies are listed per language, so check Language under Settings → General settings.
There's a lock next to a taxonomy. That taxonomy isn't included in your plan. On Teacher and Organization, you can choose all of them.
It says "There are no labels assigned to questions in this test." Your questions don't have labels yet. Add them first under Settings → Labels.
My taxonomy doesn't disappear when I delete it. It's still used by a test. You can only delete it once no test uses it anymore.