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Direct linkSaida, Chisato; Hattori, Tamaki – Language Testing, 2008
Despite growing concerns about declining scholastic abilities of Japanese students throughout Japan prior to the implementation of the revised Courses of Study in 2002, little empirical evidence was available at that time to support this perceived decline in academic performance. This research describes post-hoc IRT equating of previously…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory
Lee, Y-W. – Language Testing, 2004
The purpose of the study reported in this article is to empirically examine passage-related local item dependence (LID) by using an IRT (item response theory) based LID index called Q3 in an EFL reading comprehension test, with a special focus on item types as a potentially competing source of LID with passages. In this article, definitions and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Content Analysis, Reading Comprehension
