Next-generation Enem assessment with fewer items and high reliability using CAT
The Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio [Brazilian High School Exam] (Enem) is a test that includes an essay and four 45-item tests. Its reliability and the impact of fatigue on scores are important considerations, so Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) may be a way to address these issues. Therefore, th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos em Avaliação Educacional |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.publicacoes.fcc.org.br:article/10142 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/eae/article/view/10142 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Student Evaluation Psychometrics Item Response Theory Higher Education Avaliação do Aluno Psicometria Teoria da Resposta ao Item Ensino Superior Evaluación del Estudiante Psicometría Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem Educación Superior |
| Sumario: | The Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio [Brazilian High School Exam] (Enem) is a test that includes an essay and four 45-item tests. Its reliability and the impact of fatigue on scores are important considerations, so Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) may be a way to address these issues. Therefore, the present study aimed to verify the possibility of reducing the number of items on the Enem, using a CAT. We used tests from the 2009 to 2019 editions of the Enem. We simulated a CAT, which ended when the error was less than 0.30, or when 45 items were applied. On average, the application ranged from 12.0 (Languages and Codes – LC) to 29.2 (Mathematics – MT) items. The results point to the potential of reducing the size of the Enem to 20 items for a proportion that varies from 39.8% (MT) to 94.8% (LC) of the population. |
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