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Peer reviewedLoyd, Brenda H. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
The impact of item response theory (IRT) on the measurement practitioner is discussed, with a review of potential benefits. The complexity of IRT theory and procedures and the lack of robustness of IRT procedures to violation of assumptions must be recognized for the measurement practitioner to realize its advantages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Latent Trait Theory
