An Investigation of the Feasibility of Using the Three Parameter IRT Model in Florida's Student Assessment Program.

Autor/inn/en	Hills, John R.; Beard, Jacob B.
Institution	Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Coll. of Education.
Titel	An Investigation of the Feasibility of Using the Three Parameter IRT Model in Florida's Student Assessment Program.
Quelle	(1984), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Equated Scores; Feasibility Studies; Guessing (Tests); Item Analysis; Item Banks; Latent Trait Theory; Mathematical Models; Minimum Competency Testing; State Programs; Testing Programs; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erraten; Itemanalyse; Latent-Trait-Modell; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Regierungsprogramm
Abstract	This study investigated the feasibility of the use of the three-parameter item response theory (IRT) model in Florida's minimum competency testing program. The paper includes the following sections: (1) a description of the procedures currently being used by the assessment program, with an emphasis on procedures currently involving the Rasch model; (2) a technical discussion of the differences between the two approaches; (3) a description of commercial and governmental testing programs now using the three parameter approach; (4) a description of the availability and adequacy of computer procedures for implementing the three parameter approach, (5) an analysis of the effect on the procedures currently used by the program if a move to the three-parameter program were made; and (6) a plan for implementing a try-out of the three parameters approach on Florida's assessment program data. (Author/LMO)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC