Item Analysis

Assessment & Evaluation

The statistical evaluation of individual test questions for difficulty and discrimination.

Item Analysis is the statistical evaluation of individual test questions for difficulty and discrimination.

Related Terms
Question Bank
A curated repository of questions used to generate assessments.
Adaptive Testing
An exam that adjusts question difficulty in real time based on the test-taker's previous answers.
Assessment
The process of measuring student learning through tests, projects or other evidence.
Academic Integrity
Honest and ethical conduct in scholarship, including avoiding plagiarism, cheating and fabrication.
Auto-Grading
Automated scoring of responses, common for objective and code-based assessments.