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NR 537 Week 4 Scholarly Discussion: Item Analysis (GRADED)

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NR 537 Week 4 Scholarly Discussion: Item Analysis You are a member of a 3-person educational team that has … a competency test that uses 50 multiple choice test questions to determine the knowled... ge and skill level of learners. After 30 learners have … the competency test, the team conducted an item analysis. From the results, there are 10 questions that are … as being problematic. One of the educators wants to consider each of these questions individually to see if one or more of the questions should … from the test. However, a second educator is strongly against this by stating, “This is a competency test; it has validity because we wrote it—the test questions should not … altered. The grade on the examination should stand!” The third educator wants to remove the ten questionable items from the test and raise all learners’ scores. For the educator in professional nursing development, this will result in staff nurses who have … the exam being … on performance improvement plans and possible dismissal from the agency. For the educator in the academic setting, the learner will not … to progress to the next course, must repeat the current course, and may … from the academic program. What quantitative and qualitative information would you provide in order to assist these educators to consider the quality of the test questions? [Show More]

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