Item analysis of reading comprehension questions for English proficiency test using Rasch model
Henda Harmantia Dewi; Siti Maftuhah Damio; Sukarno Sukarno; Everett V. Smith Jr.
The need to take English as a foreign language proficiency test (known as TOEFL [Test of English Language Proficiency]) has been gaining popularity in Indonesia. The increasing demands for such a test and its expensive cost have reinforced many institutions to develop TOEFL instruments and administer the test internally. However, constructing a test instrument is a complex process that makes conducting item analysis become more challenging. Meanwhile, item analysis is crucial to assess the items’ quality. Therefore, this study reported the results of statistically analyzing 20 questions of TOEFL reading comprehension that were analyzed in terms of the test reliability, the item and person fit, and the items’ difficulty level. Thirty-eight members of the English Department Students’ Association of a state university in West Java participated in this study by taking the reading test. The d...
Henda Harmantia Dewi, Siti Maftuhah Damio, Sukarno Sukarno, & Everett V. Smith Jr. (2023). Item analysis of reading comprehension questions for English proficiency test using Rasch model. REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 9(1), 24-36. https://doi.org/10.21831/reid.v9i1.53514