On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Items for Reading Comprehension.

van den Bergh, Huub

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Publication Date: 1990

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On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Items for Reading Comprehension.

van den Bergh, Huub

Applied Psychological Measurement, v14 n1 p1-12 Mar 1990

In this study, 590 third graders from 12 Dutch schools took 32 tests indicating 16 semantic Structure-of-Intellect (SI) abilities and 1 of 4 reading comprehension tests, involving either multiple-choice or open-ended items. Results indicate that item type for reading comprehension is congeneric with respect to SI abilities measured. (TJH)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Intelligence Tests, Mathematical Models, Methods Research, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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