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Moon, Jung Aa; Sinharay, Sandip; Keehner, Madeleine; Katz, Irvin R. – International Journal of Testing, 2020
The current study examined the relationship between test-taker cognition and psychometric item properties in multiple-selection multiple-choice and grid items. In a study with content-equivalent mathematics items in alternative item formats, adult participants' tendency to respond to an item was affected by the presence of a grid and variations of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Wiseness, Psychometrics
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Sinharay, Sandip; Dorans, Neil J.; Liang, Longjuan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2011
Over the past few decades, those who take tests in the United States have exhibited increasing diversity with respect to native language. Standard psychometric procedures for ensuring item and test fairness that have existed for some time were developed when test-taking groups were predominantly native English speakers. A better understanding of…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Testing Programs, Psychometrics, Language Proficiency