Open AccessON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF MULTIPLE‐CHOICE, CONSTRUCTED‐RESPONSE, AND EXAMINEE‐SELECTED ITEMS ON TWO ACHIEVEMENT TESTS 1
Author(s) -
Lukhele Robert,
Thissen David,
Wainer Howard
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1993.tb01517.x
Subject(s) - multiple choice , test (biology) , item response theory , value (mathematics) , basis (linear algebra) , statistics , psychology , mathematics education , mathematics , econometrics , computer science , psychometrics , significant difference , geometry , paleontology , biology
Using analyses based on fitting item response models to data from the College Board's Advanced Placement exams in Chemistry and United States History, we found that the constructed‐response portion of the tests yielded little information over and above that provided by the multiple‐choice sections. These tests also allow examinees to select subsets of the constructed‐response items; we found that scoring on the basis of the selections themselves provided almost as much information as did scoring on the basis of the answers. Finally, we found that the chemistry test was too difficult for its primary goal, but that this could be at least partially corrected by taking into account information in the wrong answers to the multiple‐choice items.