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Ramsay, James O.; Wiberg, Marie – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2017
This article promotes the use of modern test theory in testing situations where sum scores for binary responses are now used. It directly compares the efficiencies and biases of classical and modern test analyses and finds an improvement in the root mean squared error of ability estimates of about 5% for two designed multiple-choice tests and…
Descriptors: Scoring, Test Theory, Computation, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2019
International large-scale assessments of student achievement such as International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Program for International…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Mathematics Tests, Science Achievement