Differences in test-taking engagement across content categories were primarily due to differences in the reading load of items¶
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q3 i? In the second study, differences in test-taking engagement across content categories were primarily attributable to item reading load. → Steven Wise 2020
Evidence¶
Steven Wise 2020¶
Steven Wise. (2020). The impact of test-taking disengagement on item content representation. Applied Measurement in Education, 33(2), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957347.2020.1732386
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The article's second study investigated why engagement varied across content categories and found the differences were "primarily due to differences in the reading load of items." No effect sizes or sample statistics are printed in the available text.
"The second study found that the differences in test taking engagement across content categories were primarily due to differences in the reading load of items."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Item exposure rates are comparable across engines, with most items below 10%, and the CBE Reading item-use rate is lower than COLO's — related
- Test lengths are comparable across engines, but CBE test durations are higher than COLO's in both terms and content areas, more prominently in Reading — related
- Within a single administration, COLO administered more items and overexposed fewer items than the CBE, likely due to its randomesque exposure-control procedure — related
- Adaptivity and score reliability of both engines depend on item-pool depth; the CBE often performed better than COLO for extreme low or high achievers when item banks were shallow — related
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Differences in test-taking engagement across content categories were primarily due to differences in the reading load of items |
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Differences in test-taking engagement across content categories were primarily due to differences in the reading load of items |
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2020 |
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