A Simulation Study to Explore Configuring the New SAT Critical Reading Section Without Analogy Items SAT IRT
- Author(s):
- Liu, Jinghua; Feigenbaum, Miriam; Cook, Linda L.
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Report Number:
- RR-04-01
- Source:
- ETS Research Report
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 16
- Subject/Key Words:
- New SAT Reasoning Test, Critical Thinking, Critical Reading, Simulation Studies, Item Response Theory (IRT), Data Mining, Verbal Analogies
Abstract
The results indicated that it is possible to maintain measurement precision for the new SAT critical reading section without analogy items, but it may be necessary to modify the distribution of item difficulty in order to obtain adequate precision at the ends of the score scale.
Read More
- Request Copy (specify title and report number, if any)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2333-8504.2004.tb01928.x