ANALYSES OF PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF 2021 SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOCK EXAMINATION IN GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14760172Keywords:
Mock, examination, English, Language, Psychometric, properties, of, testAbstract
This study was attempted to analysed the Psychometric properties of 2021 English Language Mock Examination in Gombe state, Nigeria. The main purpose was to determine its quality in doing so, four research objectives and corresponding research questions were formulated and answered. The study adopted an expost - Facto type of research design and employed two forms of populations one as unit of observation (candidates’ responses) and other as unit of analysis. Data was collected by the used of an application letter to the Ministry of Education Gombe state seeking for permission to collect the necessary data, upon granted the approval the 2021 English Language items and students response scores was collected and converted the scores as 1 for correct response and 0 for wrong response which later transferred to excel for further analyses and For the content validity data was collected from ten (10) subject matter experts (SME’s) selected randomly based on qualification, years of experience (10 year and above) and external examination marker to indicate each item as essential or non-essential. The Data analysis was conventionally carried out using classical test theory with the aid of Excel. Validity was determined by the used of content validity ratio CVR based on the expert ratings using Lawshe formula. For reliability estimation, Kuder Richardson KR20 reliability was used to determine the internal consistency of the items. The Findings revealed that the 2021 English Language in Gombe state items were too easy, failed to discriminates between examinees and has low content validity index of 0.03, with acceptable reliability of 0.84 correlation coefficient. Recommendations were made on the importance of item analyses of mock items before its administering, removal of too easy and too difficult items, provision of proper invigilation to strength the examination
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