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Chapter 22<br />

Scoring Tests Using Item Response Theory<br />

Using the Item Analysis Platform<br />

Item Response Theory (IRT) is a method of scoring tests. Although classical test theory methods have been<br />

widely used for a century, IRT provides a better <strong>and</strong> more scientifically based scoring procedure. Its<br />

advantages include:<br />

• scoring tests at the item level, giving insight into the contributions of each item on the total test score<br />

• producing scores of both the test takers <strong>and</strong> the test items on the same scale<br />

• fitting nonlinear logistic curves, more representative of actual test performance than classical linear<br />

statistics.

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