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Download full textRubin, Lois S.; Mott, David E. W. – 1984
An investigation of the effect on the difficulty value of an item due to position placement within a test was made. Using a 60-item operational test comprised of 5 subtests, 60 items were placed as experimental items on a number of spiralled test forms in three different positions (first, middle, last) within the subtest composed of like items.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Tests
