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Sakarya University Journal of EducationIn numerous studies focusing on assessment and evaluation of teaching Turkish as a foreign language, researchers have frequently identified issues related to the standardization and low validity and reliability of exams.
Seçil Alaca, Funda Keskin
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The difference between estimated and perceived item difficulty: An empirical study
International Journal of Assessment Tools in EducationTest development is a complicated process that demands examining various factors, one of them being writing items of varying difficulty. It is important to use items of a different range of difficulty to ensure that the test results accurately indicate ...
Okan Bulut, Ayfer Sayın
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Applying a two-parameter item response model to explore the psychometric properties: The case of the ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) high-stakes English Language Proficiency test [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2022 Perhaps the degree of test difficulty is one of the most significant characteristics of a test. However, no empirical research on the difficulty of the MSRT test has been carried out.
Shahram Ghahraki +2 more
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The Effect of Item Pools of Different Strengths on the Test Results of Computerized-Adaptive Testing
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021 Item response theory provides various important advantages for exams carried out or to be carried out digitally. For computerized adaptive tests to be able to make valid and reliable predictions supported by IRT, good quality item pools should be used ...
Fatih Kezer
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Education Sciences, 2021 The development and evaluation of valid assessments of scientific reasoning are an integral part of research in science education. In the present study, we used the linear logistic test model (LLTM) to analyze how item features related to text complexity
Moritz Krell, Samia Khan, Jan van Driel
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Examining Item Difficulty in NLP: To What Extent Do Examinees Affect Item Difficulty? [PDF]
Recent research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) has focused on estimating the difficulty of text content, culminating in a shared task conducted in 2025. However, since many researchers in NLP are not experts in educational psychology, the item difficulty in these shared task datasets is commonly defined by the proportion of examinees who answer ...
Ehara, Yo
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Mathematics, 2023 This work presents a comparative analysis of various machine learning (ML) methods for predicting item difficulty in English reading comprehension tests using text features extracted from item wordings.
Lubomír Štěpánek +2 more
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JISAE (Journal of Indonesian Student Assessment and Evaluation), 2023 This study aims to analyze an assessment instrument, mainly the characteristics of the test items, by using a Quest program. This study is a descriptive quantitative study in one school in Yogyakarta.
Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin +3 more
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Parameters and Models of Item Response Theory (IRT): A Review of Literature
Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023 Introduction: Item response theory (IRT) has received much attention in validation of assessment instrument because it allows the estimation of students’ ability from any set of the items.
Gyamfi Abraham, Acquaye Rosemary
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Psychometric Properties of 3-, 4-, and 5-Option Item Tests: Do Test Takers’ Personality Traits Make a Difference? [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2019 Prior research has yielded mixed results regarding what contributes psychometrically sound multiple-choice (MC) items. The purpose of the present study was, therefore, twofold: (a) to compare 3-, 4-, and 5-option multiple-choice (MC) tests in terms of ...
Fatemeh Khaleghi, Rajab Esfandiari
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