Reading Comprehension Tests for Children: Test Equating and Specific Age-Interval Reports.

Autor:	Lúcio PS; Department of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil., Lourenço FC; Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Cogo-Moreira H; Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway., Bandalos D; Assessment and Measurement PhD Program, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States., de Carvalho CAF; Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Kida ASB; Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., de Ávila CRB; Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2021 Sep 10; Vol. 12, pp. 662192. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 10 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662192
Abstrakt:	Equating is used to directly compare alternate forms of tests. We describe the equating of two alternative forms of a reading comprehension test for Brazilian children (2nd to 5th grade), Form A ( n = 427) and Form B ( n = 321). We employed non-equivalent random groups design with internal anchor items. Local independence was attested via standardized residual Pearson's bivariate correlation. First, from 176 items, we selected 42 in each form (33 unique and 9 in common) using 2PL model, a one-dimensional item response theory (IRT) model. Using the equateIRT package for R, the anchor items were used to link both forms. Linking coefficients were estimated under two different methods (Haebara and Stocking-Lord), resulting in scores equating by two methods: observed score equating (OSE) and true score equating (TSE). We provided reference-specific age-intervals for the sample. The final version was informative for a wide range of theta abilities. We concluded that the forms could be used interchangeably. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2021 Lúcio, Lourenço, Cogo-Moreira, Bandalos, Carvalho, Kida and Ávila.)
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