The estimate of a student's ability (known as the scaled score) is expressed on the same scale
as item difficulty.
The sample item progression shown here illustrates
how item difficulty is adapted for a student over the length of a 20 - item test.
In a related study, students from 16 mainstream schools participated in structured interviews to ascertain how students reacted to the rising and falling pattern
of item difficulty, a crucial feature of the tailored test design.
Means and standard deviations for both scales and their respective items, item - scale correlations and
item difficulties for the items only.
Using both classical test theory and modern measurement models contextualized to tests with given purposes, the pre-conference session attendees will explore the ideal distribution
of item difficulty, the importance of item discrimination (and its location), as well as the use of distractor analysis to revise items and gain information about student understanding and ability.
The dubiousness of such a response can be appreciated by approaching the question from another angle, taking advantage of the fact that ability is measured on the same scale
as item difficulty.
Sub-Project Three: gathering of expert judges» ratings data of the content of the Pearson Test of English (Academic) and of the Pearson Test of English (General), and a study of the relationships between the judgements and
item difficulty.
The critical question, given that neither ability nor
item difficulty can be measured directly, is whether the procedures of inference are powerful enough to put the resulting ratings of ability and difficulty on equal - unit scales.
Using differential item functioning procedures to explore sources of
item difficulty and group performance characteristics
The Rasch model was used to determine
the item difficulty and response pattern of the respondents on the current sample.
In Phase III,
Item difficulty and factor structure of the Urdu PLS was calculated through the Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CAF).
Third objective of the present study was to determine
the item difficulty and factor structure of the Urdu PLS..
Item difficulty was determined through the Rasch scaling analysis and construct validity of the Urdu PLS secured the same one - dimensional factor structure of the English PLS by retaining 15 items.