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Fagginger Auer, Marije F.; Hickendorff, Marian; Van Putten, Cornelis M.; Béguin, Anton A.; Heiser, Willem J. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2016
A first application of multilevel latent class analysis (MLCA) to educational large-scale assessment data is demonstrated. This statistical technique addresses several of the challenges that assessment data offers. Importantly, MLCA allows modeling of the often ignored teacher effects and of the joint influence of teacher and student variables.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Multivariate Analysis, Classification, Data
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Nijlen, Daniel Van; Janssen, Rianne – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
In this study it is investigated to what extent contextualized and non-contextualized mathematics test items have a differential impact on examinee effort. Mixture item response theory (IRT) models are applied to two subsets of items from a national assessment on mathematics in the second grade of the pre-vocational track in secondary education in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Measurement, Item Response Theory, Test Items