An application of the Rasch model to reading comprehension measurement

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Psychometric properties of the items of the TRC-e-2 (33 items)

Item	b_i	SE	Infit	Outfit	r
FN2 ^LC	−1.71	0.18	0.96	0.92	.30
FN3.3 ^CC	0.22	0.14	1.00	0.98	.34
FN2.4^LC	−0.76	0.14	1.06	1.21	.21
FN2.5^IC	−0.24	0.14	1.09	1.20	.20
FN2.6^IC	1.05	0.15	1.18	1.38	.07
C2.1^LC	−0.48	0.14	1.08	1.16	.20
C2.2^LC	−0.83	0.15	0.89	0.83	.45
C2 ^IC	0.38	0.14	1.07	1.09	.24
C2.4^IC	−0.24	0.14	1.08	1.12	.22
C4 ^LC	−0.49	0.14	0.92	0.89	.42
C3.5 ^IC	−0.41	0.14	0.90	0.86	.45
C3.6 ^LC	0.26	0.14	0.89	0.86	.48
C19 ^IC	−0.67	0.14	0.91	0.88	.42
BE2.1^R	−0.42	0.14	0.92	0.88	.43
BE2.2^IC	−1.07	0.15	0.86	0.76	.47
BE2.3^LC	0.24	0.13	0.92	0.90	.44
BE2.4^CC	0.85	0.14	0.99	1.01	.33
BE2.5^LC	0.60	0.14	1.10	1.13	.20
BE2.7^R	1.02	0.14	1.16	1.29	.09
BE7^IC	0.31	0.14	0.97	0.96	.38
BE9 ^IC	0.77	0.14	1.12	1.14	.18
BE12 ^LC	−0.15	0.14	0.91	0.88	.44
BE13 ^LC	−0.04	0.14	0.96	0.96	.38
BE14 ^IC	0.49	0.14	1.05	1.06	.27
BE15 ^LC	−0.08	0.14	0.98	0.95	.36
KS11 ^IC	0.14	0.13	1.08	1.07	.24
KS12 ^LC	−0.52	0.14	0.92	0.87	.42
KS13 ^LC	1.22	0.15	0.95	0.95	.37
KS14 ^IC	0.31	0.14	0.95	0.93	.40
KS15 ^IC	−0.14	0.14	0.99	0.99	.34
KS16 ^LC	0.54	0.14	1.19	1.19	.10
KS18^LC	−0.05	0.14	0.89	0.86	.47
KS2.9^IC	−0.08	0.14	1.00	1.01	.33

Note. b _i item difficulty, SE standard error. Items are identified by the text to which they are related (FN fireflies’ night, C the caravels, BE observing birds in the estuary, KS the king Sebastian), followed by a number. The comprehension level assessed by each item is presented in superscript (LC literal comprehension, IC inferential comprehension, R reorganization, CC critical comprehension). Common items to the TRC-e-3 appear in bold