“…DOK refers to the complexity of knowledge required to respond to an item correctly and the level of DOK that each item demands should be aligned with the cognitive complexity of assessed standards and benchmarks (Webb, 1999(Webb, , 2006. Although there are different criteria and taxonomies for classifying items in terms of cognitive complexity (Bechard et al, 2021), how TE items and MC items function in each level of Webb's DOK were examined in this study since Webb's DOKs are used commonly for developing items in statewide K-12 educational tests (e.g., Florida Department of Education, 2021; Nebraska Department of Education, 2021;North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2022). Webb (1999Webb ( , 2006 classified DOK in four levels: (a) recall, (b) skill/concept, (c) strategic thinking, (d) extended thinking.…”