IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Education and Evaluation (IJEE )

E-ISSN 2489-0073
P-ISSN 2695-1940
VOL. 10 NO. 4 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijee.v10.no4.2024.pg192.204

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Item Analysis on Distractor’s Mean Ability Index of Katsina State 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination in Mathematics: Implications for Policy and Practice for Life-Long Skills in Measuring Learning Achievement in Education

Aminu Yusuf, Muhammad Ibrahim Yakasai (Prof) & Nuruddeen Lawa

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Abstract

The study determined the estimates of item distractor mean ability index of Katsina State 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Mathematics. A maximum number of candidates who endorsed correct/wrong options and the corresponding estimate of mean ability index; items with the same estimate of mean ability index for endorsing correct and wrong options were among the objectives of the study. An Ex-post facto design was used for the study. The population of the study consist of all 65,773 (40,804 males and 24,969 females) candidates that sat for the 2019/2020 Academic Session BECE in Mathematics whose Mean age stood at 14 years. Multi-stage (random; proportionate stratify) sampling techniques were used to sample 500 candidates. The last stage of the sampling involved the selection of the top 75% and bottom 25% of the 500 candidates’ scores which constituted the total of 334 high and low achievers used in the study. The data for the study was obtained from the BECE in mathematics for the 2019/2020 Academic session marked scripts. The estimates from the study were generated and analyzed using WINSTEPS version 4.8.2.0 software and Spreadsheet excel. The maximum number of candidates that endorsed the correct option is 291(87%) and the wrong option is 43(13%) which corresponds to item 4; 24 (40%) of two items each and 9 (15%) of three items each have the same mean ability index for endorsing correct and wrong options were among the findings from the study. Implications of the findings were discussed, and recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.

keywords:

Item Analysis, BECE, Range from an estimate of mean ability, Distractor

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