Potential Impact of Context Effects on the Scoring and Equating of the Multistage GRE revised General Test GRE CBT IRT
- Author(s):
- Davey, Tim; Lee, Yi-Hsuan
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Source:
- Wendler, Cathy; Bridgeman, Brent (eds.) with assistance from Chelsea Ezzo. The Research Foundation for the GRE revised General Test: A Compendium of Studies. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, 2014, p3.4.1-3.4.4
- Document Type:
- Chapter
- Page Count:
- 4
- Subject/Key Words:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Revised GRE, Test Development, Test Design, Test Revision, Multistage Testing (MST), Test Delivery, Test Administration, Context Effects, Position Effects, Randomization, Item Response Theory (IRT), Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Test Speededness
Abstract
Results also indicated that the MST tests were more speeded than linear tests, especially for Quantitative Reasoning questions. Results of this study provided guidance on the final design of the test. For example, questions were pretested in random locations throughout the test, and additional field trials were held to determine the appropriate test configuration for the Quantitative Reasoning measure (see Golub-Smith & Wendler, Chapter 2.1, in this volume: "Considerations in Choosing a Reporting Scale for the GRE revised General Test"). As with Chapter 3.3, ("Test Design for the GRE revised General Test") this chapter is fairly technical in nature but written to be informative to those with a nontechnical background.