On Introducing Item Response Theory to the University Admisshsions: Technical Foundation of the Reformation of High School and University Education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kuramoto Naoki 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 教授 (60236172)
• Research Collaborator: Izumi Tsuyoshi 教育測定研究所, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 大学入試 / 項目反応理論 / 高大接続 / 共通試験 / 記述式テスト / 局所独立

Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to the advancement of knowledge-based society, the role of university is increasing. On the other hand, because competition for university admission is getting milder, it is said that the university entrance examination system cannot maintain the academic standard. They say it is necessary to reform common examination, including linking the scores of different testing occasion. More attention is paid at the basic testing theory such as Item Response Theory. According to the prospect for the common university entrance examinations system in the near future, present study focused on the possible application of IRT for science writing test. The result showed the difficulty in the application of IRT. It is quite hard to overcome the difficulty in keeping necessary number of good items and violation of the basic assumption of the model.

Free Research Field

教育心理学