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Peer reviewedRogers, W. Todd; Harley, Dwight – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1999
Examined item-level and test-level characteristics for items in a high-stakes school-leaving mathematics examination. Results from 158 students show that the influence of testwiseness is lessened when three-option items are used. Tests of three-option items are at least equivalent to four-option item tests in terms of internal-consistency score…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, High Stakes Tests
