Conditioning factors of test-taking engagement in PIAAC: an exploratory IRT modelling approach considering person and item characteristics

Abstract Background A potential problem of low-stakes large-scale assessments such as the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is low test-taking engagement. The present study pursued two goals in order to better understand conditioning factors of test-taking dise...

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Main Authors: Frank Goldhammer, Thomas Martens, Oliver Lüdtke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-11-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40536-017-0051-9