Abstract

RODRIGUES, Margarida M. M.. Proposta de análise de itens das provas do SAEB sob a perspectiva pedagógica e a psicométrica. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2006, vol.17, n.34, pp.43-78. ISSN 0103-6831.

This article is the result of a study that aimed at analyzing the items of 8^th grade mathematics tests from the National Basic Education Evaluation System (Saeb), between 1997 and 1999, considering both their qualitative and quantitative aspects. The qualitative aspects were analyzed using content validity analysis and effective item elaboration procedures. The quantitative aspects were analyzed considering statistical properties, including Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis procedures. The analyses revealed that performance evaluations, mainly wide-scale ones, should take both psychometric and pedagogical aspects of the items into consideration. When these analyses are carried out in an integrated way, without privileging either one of them, a greater comprehension of the teaching-learning process is achieved and the results can be converted into more adequate intervention policies to improve the quality of education, SAEB´s ultimate purpose.

Keywords : Psychometrics; Content Validity; Classical Test Theory (CTT); Item Response Theory (IRT).

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