ITEMS Modules are edited by Holmes Finch.
The goal of ITEMS is to improve the understanding of educational measurement principles by providing brief instructional units on timely topics in the field, modules developed for use by college faculty and students as well as by workshop leaders and participants.
Instructional modules are designed to be learner-oriented and consist of an abstract, tutorial content, exercises, and annotated references. The teaching aids accompanying most modules are designed to support the use of the instructional modules in teaching and workshop settings by providing supplemental student exercises, references, test items, and figures or masters for transparencies. ITEMS modules were originally published in Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice in the issues noted below. The ITEMS modules can be downloaded as PDF files below (you can use Adobe Reader to view them).
- Design and Development of Performance Assessment, 1987 6(3)
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Richard J. Stiggins - Obtaining Intended Weights When Combining Students' Scores, 1987, 6(4)
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Albert C. Oosterhof - Reliability of Scores From Teacher-Made Tests, 1988, 7(1)
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David A. Frisbie - Formula Scoring of Multiple-Choice Tests (Correction for Guessing), 1988, 7(2)
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Robert B. Frary - Using CRTs in Program Curriculum Evaluation, 1988, 7(3)
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Steven J. Osterlind - Traditional Equating Methodology, 1988, 7(4)
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Michael J. Kolen - Comparison of 1-, 2-, and 3-Parameter IRT Models, 1989, 8(1)
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Deborah Harris - Understanding Reliability, 1991, 10(1)
Ross E. Traub, Glenn L. Rowley - Standard Error of Measurement, 1991, 10(2)
Leo M. Harvill - IRT Equating Methods, 1991, 10(3)
Linda L. Cook, Daniel R. Eignor - Using Portfolios of Student Work in Instruction and Assessment, 1992, 11(1)
Judith A. Arter, Vicki Spandel - High Quality Classroom Assessment: What Does it Really Mean?, 1992, 11(2)
Richard Stiggins - Developing a Personal Grading Plan, 1992, 11(3)
David A. Frisbie, Kristie K. Waltman - Generalizability Theory, 1992, 11(4)
Robert L. Brennan - Assessing Student Achievement With Term Papers and Written Reports, 1993, 12(1)
Susan M. Brookhart - Comparison of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory and Their Application to Test Development, 1993, 12(3)
Ronald K. Hambleton, Russell W. Jones - Guidelines for Development of Item Banks, 1994, 13(1)
Annie W. Ward, Mildred Murray-Ward - Standard Setting Guidelines, 1996, 15(2)
Gregory J. Cizek - Using Statistical Procedures to Identify Differentially Functioning Test Items, 1998, 17(1)
Brian E. Clauser, Kathleen M. Mazor - Exploring the Logic of Tatsuoka's Rule-Space Model for Test Development and Analysis, 2000, 19(3)
Mark J. Gierl, Jacqueline P. Leighton, Stephen M. Hunka - Using Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Evaluate Educational and Psychological Tests, 2003, 22(3)
Terry A. Ackerman, Mark J. Gierl, Cindy M. Walker) - Setting Performance Standards: Contemporary Methods, 2004, 23(4)
Gregory J. Cizek, Michael B. Bunch, Heather Koons - Setting Performance Standards: Contemporary Methods: Clarification for the ITEMS module, Setting Performance Standards: Contemporary Methods, 2005, 24(2)
Gregory J. Cizek, Michael B. Bunch, Heather Koons - Developing and Administering Practice Analysis Questionnaire, 2005, 24(2)
Mark Raymond - Quality Control Procedures in the Scoring, Equating, and Reporting of Test Scores, 2007, 26(1)
Avi Allalouf - Multistage Testing, 2007, 26(2)
Amy Hendrickson - Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling: Issues and Practical Considerations, 2007, 26(3)
Pui-Wa Lei, Qiong Wu - Estimating Item Response Theory Models Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, 2007, 26(4)
Jee-Seon Kim, Daniel Bolt - Raju’s Differential Functioning of Items and Tests (DFIT), 2008, 27(3)
T. C. Oshima, Scott B. Morris - Using Differential Step Functioning to Refine the Analysis of DIF in Polytomous Items, 2009, 28(1)
Randall D. Penfield, Karina Gattamorta, Ruth A. Childs - Booklet Designs in Large-Scale Assessments of Student Achievement: Theory and Practice, 2009, 28(3)
Andreas Frey, Johannes Hartig, André A. Rupp - Scaling, 2010, 29(4)
Ye Tong, Michael J. Kolen - Subscores, 2011, 30(3)
Sandip Sinharay, Gautam Puhan, Shelby J. Haberman