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Added Value of Subscores for Tests with Polytomous Items
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Kylie Gorney; Sandip Sinharay – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2025
Test-takers, policymakers, teachers, and institutions are increasingly demanding that testing programs provide more detailed feedback regarding test performance. As a result, there has been a growing interest in the reporting of subscores that potentially provide such detailed feedback. Haberman developed a method based on classical test theory…
Descriptors: Scores, Test Theory, Test Items, Testing
Item Response Theory: An Introduction to Latent Trait Models to Test and Item Development
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Bichi, Ado Abdu; Talib, Rohaya – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2018
Testing in educational system perform a number of functions, the results from a test can be used to make a number of decisions in education. It is therefore well accepted in the education literature that, testing is an important element of education. To effectively utilize the tests in educational policies and quality assurance its validity and…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Test Construction, Decision Making
Test Construction in the 1990s: Recent Approaches Every Psychologist Should Know.
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Reckase, Mark D. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
Summarizes the current state of the art in test construction and contrasts it with previous conceptual models, some of which are wrong or misleading. New methodologies for item selection and review are presented, with current thinking on the specification of technical characteristics of tests. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Psychological Testing, Selection, State of the Art Reviews
The Trait in Latent Trait Theory.
Levine, Michael V. – 1982
Significant to a latent trait or item response theory analysis of a mental test is the determination of exactly what is being quantified. The following are practical problems to be considered in the formulation of a good theory: (1) deciding whether two tests measure the same trait or traits; (2) analyzing the relative contributions of a pair of…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques
Ten Psychometric Reasons Why Similar Tests Produce Dissimilar Results.
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Bracken, Bruce A. – Journal of School Psychology, 1988
Notes that significantly different results frequently exist between tests that purport to measure the same skill when the same child is tested on both instruments. Considers discrepancies related to examinee, examiner, examinee-examiner interactions, environment, and psychometric characteristics of the tests employed. Cites 10 major psychometric…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Individual Differences, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Testing
Psychological Testing: Theory and Applications.
Janda, Louis H. – 1998
This text prepares students to quantify observations through psychological testing. Measurement is critical in all the subareas of psychology, and the text begins by discussing the applications of testing in the subdisciplines of psychology. The book also discusses the extent to which tests are actually used. Early chapters discuss general…
Descriptors: Ability, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Diagnostic Tests