Modeling Local Item Dependence in Cloze and Reading Comprehension Test Items Using Testlet Response Theory

Autor/inn/en	Baghaei, Purya; Ravand, Hamdollah
Titel	Modeling Local Item Dependence in Cloze and Reading Comprehension Test Items Using Testlet Response Theory
Quelle	In: Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 37 (2016) 1, S.85-104 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0211-2159
Schlagwörter	Cloze Procedure; Reading; Reading Comprehension; Reading Skills; Reading Tests; Test Items; Item Response Theory; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Correlation; Test Reliability; Language Tests; Iran; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lückentext; Leseprozess; Lesen; Leseverstehen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Lesetest; Test content; Testaufgabe; Item-Response-Theorie; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Korrelation; Testreliabilität; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	In this study the magnitudes of local dependence generated by cloze test items and reading comprehension items were compared and their impact on parameter estimates and test precision was investigated. An advanced English as a foreign language reading comprehension test containing three reading passages and a cloze test was analyzed with a two-parameter logistic testlet response model and a two-parameter logistic item response model. Results showed that the cloze test produced substantially higher magnitudes of local dependence than reading items, albeit the levels of local dependency produced by reading items was not ignorable. Further analyses demonstrated that while even substantial magnitudes of testlet effect does not impact parameter estimates it does influence test reliability and information. Implications of the research for foreign language proficiency testing, where testlets are regularly used, are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Valencia. Dept. Metodologia, Facultad de Psicologia, Avda. Blasco Ibanez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain. Tel: +34-96-386-4100; Web site: http://www.uv.es/revispsi/
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Update	2020/1/01