ITEM BANKS: WHAT, WHY, HOW |
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| Authors: | BENJAMIN D WRIGHT SUSAN R BELL |
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| Institution: | University of Chicago |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we discuss curricular implications of item banking and its practical value to teachers and students, and list a variety of working banks with their sources. We also review the psychometric basis of item banking, outline a family of computer programs for accomplishing banking, and give the equations necessary to build a bank. We conclude with a discussion of item quality control and examples of items that misfit because of miskeying, guessing, or carelessness. |
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