diff --git a/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/modelSolutionSpecQuiz.ts b/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/modelSolutionSpecQuiz.ts
index 4f5629c9dcb3..01cdf0880b00 100644
--- a/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/modelSolutionSpecQuiz.ts
+++ b/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/modelSolutionSpecQuiz.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const migrateModelSolutionSpecQuizItem = (
         multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy:
           quizItem.multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy,
         allowSelectingMultipleOptions: quizItem.multi,
-        direction: quizItem.direction,
+        optionDisplayDirection: quizItem.direction == "row" ? "horizontal" : "vertical",
         failureMessage: quizItem.failureMessage,
         successMessage: quizItem.successMessage,
         sharedOptionFeedbackMessage: quizItem.sharedOptionFeedbackMessage,
diff --git a/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/publicSpecQuiz.ts b/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/publicSpecQuiz.ts
index ca5d86fccd82..5ea0514c3472 100644
--- a/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/publicSpecQuiz.ts
+++ b/services/quizzes/src/util/migration/publicSpecQuiz.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const migratePublicSpecQuizItem = (quizItem: PublicQuizItem): PublicSpecQuizItem
         type: "multiple-choice",
         allowSelectingMultipleOptions: quizItem.multi,
         body: quizItem.body,
-        optionDisplayDirection: quizItem.direction == "column" ? "horizontal" : "vertical",
+        optionDisplayDirection: quizItem.direction == "row" ? "horizontal" : "vertical",
         multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy:
           quizItem.multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy,
         options: quizItem.options.map(
diff --git a/services/quizzes/tests/util/migrationTests/utils/comparison.ts b/services/quizzes/tests/util/migrationTests/utils/comparison.ts
index 06d5afb5d9d4..249e5c24afb6 100644
--- a/services/quizzes/tests/util/migrationTests/utils/comparison.ts
+++ b/services/quizzes/tests/util/migrationTests/utils/comparison.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ const compareFields = <T extends object, S extends object>(
         `field '${fields[key]}' does not exist in old quiz item: ${JSON.stringify(oldQuizItem)}`,
       )
     }
-    expect(newQuizItem[key as keyof T]).toEqual(oldQuizItem[fields[key] as keyof S])
+    if (key === "optionDisplayDirection") {
+      // direction is changed to optionDisplayDirection with different values.
+      const direction = oldQuizItem[fields[key] as keyof S] == "row" ? "horizontal" : "vertical"
+      expect(direction).toEqual(newQuizItem[key as keyof T])
+    } else {
+      expect(newQuizItem[key as keyof T]).toEqual(oldQuizItem[fields[key] as keyof S])
+    }
   })
 }
 
@@ -177,7 +183,7 @@ const comparePrivateSpecQuizItem = (
         successMessage: "successMessage",
         failureMessage: "failureMessage",
         sharedOptionFeedbackMessage: "sharedOptionFeedbackMessage",
-        direction: "direction",
+        optionDisplayDirection: "direction",
         multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy: "multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy",
       }
       break
@@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ const comparePublicSpecQuizItem = (
         allowSelectingMultipleOptions: "multi",
         title: "title",
         body: "body",
-        direction: "direction",
+        optionDisplayDirection: "direction",
         multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy: "multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy",
       }
       break
@@ -375,7 +381,7 @@ const compareModelSolutionSpecQuizItem = (
         successMessage: "successMessage",
         failureMessage: "failureMessage",
         sharedOptionFeedbackMessage: "sharedOptionFeedbackMessage",
-        direction: "direction",
+        optionDisplayDirection: "direction",
         multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy: "multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy",
       }
       break
diff --git a/services/quizzes/types/quizTypes/modelSolutionSpec.ts b/services/quizzes/types/quizTypes/modelSolutionSpec.ts
index 2f39e8e61bf2..bddfff86361c 100644
--- a/services/quizzes/types/quizTypes/modelSolutionSpec.ts
+++ b/services/quizzes/types/quizTypes/modelSolutionSpec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { DisplayDirection } from "./privateSpec"
+
 type grantPointsPolicy = "grant_whenever_possible" | "grant_only_when_answer_fully_correct"
 
 export interface QuizItemOption {
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ export interface ModelSolutionQuizItemMultiplechoice {
   successMessage: string | null
   failureMessage: string | null
   sharedOptionFeedbackMessage: string | null
-  direction: "row" | "column"
+  optionDisplayDirection: DisplayDirection
   multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy: multipleChoiceMultipleOptionsGradingPolicy
 }