Analysing Item Position Effects due to Test Booklet Design within Large-Scale Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Hohensinn, Christine; Kubinger, Klaus D.; Reif, Manuel; Schleicher, Eva; Khorramdel, Lale
Titel	Analysing Item Position Effects due to Test Booklet Design within Large-Scale Assessment
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 17 (2011) 6, S.497-509 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2011.632668
Schlagwörter	Measurement; Test Construction; Test Items; Difficulty Level; Grade 4; Academic Standards; Mathematics Tests; Statistical Bias; Foreign Countries; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messverfahren; Testaufbau; Test content; Testaufgabe; Schwierigkeitsgrad; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Ausland; Österreich
Abstract	For large-scale assessments, usually booklet designs administering the same item at different positions within a booklet are used. Therefore, the occurrence of position effects influencing the difficulty of the item is a crucial issue. Not taking learning or fatigue effects into account would result in a bias of estimated item difficulty. The occurrence of position effects is examined for a 4th-grade mathematical competence test of the Austrian Educational Standards by means of the linear logistic test model (LLTM). A small simulation study assesses the test power for this model. Overall, the LLTM without a modelled position effect yielded a good model fit. Therefore, no relevant global item position effect could be found for the analysed mathematical competence test. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10