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Ferrara, 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

Yen, Wendy M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1993
Results from the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program for 5,392 elementary school students and from the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (multiple choice) for a national sample are used to explore local item independence (LID) of test items. Some strategies are suggested for measuring LID in performance assessments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equations (Mathematics)