PMID: 30169338Sep 1, 2018Paper

Developing and Validating a Scientific Multi-Text Reading Comprehension Assessment: In the Text Case of the Dispute of whether to Continue the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant Construction in Taiwan

Journal of Applied Measurement
Lin Hsiao-Hui, Yuh-Tsuen Tzeng

Abstract

This study aimed to advance the Scientific Multi-Text Reading Comprehension Assessment (SMTRCA) by developing a rubric which consisted of 4 subscales: information retrieval, information generalization, information interpretation, and information integration. The assessment tool included 11 close-ended and 8 open-ended items and its rubric. Two texts describing opposing views of the dispute of whether to continue the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant construction in Taiwan were developed and 1535 grade 5-9 students read these two texts in a counterbalanced order and answered the test items. First, the results showed that the Cronbach's values were more than .9, indicating very good intra-rater consistency. The Kendall coefficient of concordance of the inter-rater reliability was larger than .8, denoting a consistent scoring pattern between raters. Second, the analysis of many-facet Rasch measurement showed that there were significant difference in rater severity, and both severe and lenient raters could distinguish high versus low-ability students effectively. The comparison of the rating scale model and the partial credit model indicated that each rater had a unique rating scale structure, meaning that the rating procedures involve hu...Continue Reading

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