Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ415894
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Publication Date: 1990
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Integrating Cognitive and Psychometric Models to Measure Document Literacy.
Sheehan, Kathleen; Mislevy, Robert J.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v27 n3 p255-72 Fall 1990
The 63 items on skills in acquiring and using information from written documents contained in the Survey of Young Adult Literacy in the 1985 National Assessment of Educational Progress are analyzed. The analyses are based on a qualitative cognitive model and an item-response theory model. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, National Programs, National Surveys, Psychometrics, Qualitative Research, Reading Skills, Standardized Tests, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing Programs, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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