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Bichi, Ado Abdu; Ibrahim, Fatima B.; Ibrahim, Rahinatu H. – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2019
Science education is believed to be a vital tool for individual and societal development at large. The persistent low levels of students' achievement in sciences at the various public examinations in Nigeria have continued to draw the attention of major stakeholders in education. This study examined academic achievement of Senior Secondary School…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Evaluation, Secondary School Science
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Bichi, Ado Abdu; Talib, Rohaya – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2018
Testing in educational system perform a number of functions, the results from a test can be used to make a number of decisions in education. It is therefore well accepted in the education literature that, testing is an important element of education. To effectively utilize the tests in educational policies and quality assurance its validity and…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Test Construction, Decision Making
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Bichi, Ado Abdu; Hafiz, Hadiza; Bello, Samira Abdullahi – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
High-stakes testing is used for the purposes of providing results that have important consequences. Validity is the cornerstone upon which all measurement systems are built. This study applied the Item Response Theory principles to analyse Northwest University Kano Post-UTME Economics test items. The developed fifty (50) economics test items was…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Difficulty Level, Statistical Analysis