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Coggins, Joanne V.; Kim, Jwa K.; Briggs, Laura C. – Research in the Schools, 2017
The Gates-MacGinitie Reading Comprehension Test, fourth edition (GMRT-4) and the ACT Reading Tests (ACT-R) were administered to 423 high school students in order to explore the similarities and dissimilarities of data produced through classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT) analysis. Despite the many advantages of IRT…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Theory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
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Li, Feifei – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
An information-correction method for testlet-based tests is introduced. This method takes advantage of both generalizability theory (GT) and item response theory (IRT). The measurement error for the examinee proficiency parameter is often underestimated when a unidimensional conditional-independence IRT model is specified for a testlet dataset. By…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Generalizability Theory, Tests, Error of Measurement