Profile Analysis: A Closer Look at the PISA 2000 Reading Data

When using IRT models in Educational Achievement Testing, the model is as a rule too simple to catch all the relevant dimensions in the test. It is argued that a simple model may nevertheless be useful but that it can be complemented with additional analyses. Such an analysis, called profile analysi...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of educational research 2012-06, Vol.56 (3), p.315-332
Main Author: Verhelst, Norman D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement Tests
Classification
Data Analysis
Educational Testing
Foreign Countries
interpretation
Item Analysis
Item Response Theory
Multidimensional Scaling
PISA
profile analysis
Profiles
Program for International Student Assessment
Rasch model
Reading achievement
reflection
retrieval
Secondary School Students
Test Items
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Summary:When using IRT models in Educational Achievement Testing, the model is as a rule too simple to catch all the relevant dimensions in the test. It is argued that a simple model may nevertheless be useful but that it can be complemented with additional analyses. Such an analysis, called profile analysis, is proposed and applied to the reading data of Pisa 2000. Participating countries are compared on three different categorizations of the item material.
ISSN:0031-3831
1470-1170
DOI:10.1080/00313831.2011.583937