A Latent Trait Look at Pretest-Posttest Validation of Criterion-referenced Test Items.

van der Linden, Wim J.

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Publication Date: 1981

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A Latent Trait Look at Pretest-Posttest Validation of Criterion-referenced Test Items.

van der Linden, Wim J.

Review of Educational Research, v51 n3 p379-402 Fall 1981

Using criterion-referenced test item data collected in an empirical study, differences in item selection between Cox and Vargas' pretest-posttest validity index and a latent trait approach (evaluation of the item information function for the mastery score) are analyzed. (Author/GK)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Foreign Countries, Latent Trait Theory, Pretests Posttests, Scoring, Test Validity, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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