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An Investigation of Item Type in a Standards-Based Assessment
Liz Hollingworth, Jonathan J. Beard, and Thomas P. Proctor
University of Iowa
Large-scale state assessment programs use both multiple-choice and
open-ended items on tests for accountability purposes. Certainly, there
is an intuitive belief among some educators and policy makers that
open-ended items measure something different than multiple-choice items.
This study examined two item formats in custom-built, standards-based
tests of achievement in Reading and Mathematics at grades 3-8. In this
paper, we raise questions about the value of including open-ended items,
given scoring costs, time constraints, and the higher probability of
missing data from test-takers.
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