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Diagnostic Assessment With Ordered Multiple-Choice Items
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Briggs, Derek C.; Alonzo, Alicia C.; Schwab, Cheryl; Wilson, Mark – Educational Assessment, 2006
In this article we describe the development, analysis, and interpretation of a novel item format we call Ordered Multiple-Choice (OMC). A unique feature of OMC items is that they are linked to a model of student cognitive development for the construct being measured. Each of the possible answer choices in an OMC item is linked to developmental…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Cognitive Development, Item Response Theory