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Download full textJoshua B. Gilbert – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
This simulation study examines the characteristics of the Explanatory Item Response Model (EIRM) when estimating treatment effects when compared to classical test theory (CTT) sum and mean scores and item response theory (IRT)-based theta scores. Results show that the EIRM and IRT theta scores provide generally equivalent bias and false positive…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Test Theory, Computation
Poliandri, Donatella; Cardone, Michele; Muzzioli, Paola; Romiti, Sara – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study is to validate a test anxiety scale for Italian students. The scale is part of a questionnaire administered after the students' annual competence test by the National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI). The aim of the scale is to explore the anxiety levels of Italian students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standardized Tests, Rating Scales, Questionnaires
McArthur, David L. – 1985
The use of computers to build diagnostic inferences is presented in two contexts: (1) closed world, exemplified by the space shuttle launch monitoring system; and (2) open world, represented by computerized diagnostic testing of reading comprehension. The analysis shows that the closed world provides a substantially cleaner environment within…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
