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Peer reviewedFerrara, Steven; Huynh, Huynh; Michaels, Hillary – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1999
Provides hypothesized explanations for local item dependence (LID) in a large-scale hands-on science performance assessment involving approximately 55,000 students each at grades 3, 5, and 8. Items that appear to elicit locally dependent responses require examinees to answer and explain their answers or to use given or generalized information to…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Hands on Science, Junior High Schools
