Maze-task reading performance from 1,258 first and second graders yields a reliable Rasch text-complexity scale¶

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q3 i? A logit scale of text complexity built from children's maze-task responses showed form reliabilities from .85 to .96 and no evidence of multidimensionality by genre, ethnicity, gender, or lunch status. → J. Fitzgerald et al 2014

Evidence¶

J. Fitzgerald et al 2014¶

J. Fitzgerald et al. (2014). Important Text Characteristics for Early-Grades Text Complexity. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037289

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First substudy: 1,258 first and second graders from 10 U.S. states read a stratified random sample of 90 texts (one rejected) and completed a maze task; Rasch modeling assigned logits to the 89 texts with "reliability for the forms ranged from .85 to .96."

"From the student responses, a logit scale was created, and the 89 texts were assigned logits for text-complexity level. Cronbach’s alpha estimates of reliability for the forms ranged from .85 to .96."

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