EDUR 8331
Applied Measurement

Topic: Classroom Test Development

3. Test Item Analysis

• Document: Item Analysis of Classroom Tests
  • Supplemental: A Practical Comparison of Selected Methods of Evaluating Multiple-Choice Options through Classical Item Analysis (Male et al 2020) - This optional reading provides a more advanced view of distractor analysis for multiple-choice items.
• Videos
  • Quick Introduction
    • Item and Distractor Analysis (4:58 - quick introduction)
  • More detailed Presentations
    • This series of presentations focuses on multiple-choice items, to see how to perform difficulty and discrimination for items with multiple points, like essay items, see my notes above.
    • An Introduction to Item Analysis (4:51)
    • The Definition of Item Difficulty (5:56)
    • The Index of Discrimination (7:09)
    • Putting it All Together: Using Distractor Analysis (6:19)

4. Other Topics

• Document: Grades - Reporting Student Performance and Factors to Consider