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Direct linkMeyers, Jason L.; Miller, G. Edward; Way, Walter D. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
In operational testing programs using item response theory (IRT), item parameter invariance is threatened when an item appears in a different location on the live test than it did when it was field tested. This study utilizes data from a large state's assessments to model change in Rasch item difficulty (RID) as a function of item position change,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Content, Testing Programs, Simulation
McCarty, F. A.; Oshima, T. C.; Raju, Nambury S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2007
Oshima, Raju, Flowers, and Slinde (1998) described procedures for identifying sources of differential functioning for dichotomous data using differential bundle functioning (DBF) derived from the differential functioning of items and test (DFIT) framework (Raju, van der Linden, & Fleer, 1995). The purpose of this study was to extend the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Test Bias, Scoring, Test Items
Abedi, Jamal; Hejri, Fereshteh – Applied Measurement in Education, 2004
This study examines the effect and validity of accommodations for limited English proficiency (LEP) students in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the impact of language factors on the assessment and accommodation of these students. Results indicate that accommodations used in NAEP did not reduce the performance gap between…
Descriptors: Test Items, Data Analysis, Validity, National Competency Tests
