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Direct linkAlbano, Anthony D. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2013
In many testing programs it is assumed that the context or position in which an item is administered does not have a differential effect on examinee responses to the item. Violations of this assumption may bias item response theory estimates of item and person parameters. This study examines the potentially biasing effects of item position. A…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Response Theory, Test Format, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedSheehan, Kathleen; Mislevy, Robert J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990
The 63 items on skills in acquiring and using information from written documents contained in the Survey of Young Adult Literacy in the 1985 National Assessment of Educational Progress are analyzed. The analyses are based on a qualitative cognitive model and an item-response theory model. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
