Sentence examples for second tier items from inspiring English sources

First, we see if the relationships among items indicated that the tiers represent distinct traits, or whether the first and second tier items are indistinguishable.

This weighted scoring system would give a more accurate score for students' ability by accounting for the second tier items being harder.

So, the item development framework for the LPDI's second tier items may be better tied to research on student thinking about optics.

Yes, the right has succeeded in cutting and capping domestic discretionary spending (albeit at the expense of one of its coalition's longstanding priorities, defense spending), and bottling up the second-tier items on the Obama agenda.

Our findings for the CTSR do not show the same pattern of higher difficulty for second-tier items as the LPDI.

While second-tier items with a glut of volume on the market (think Derek Jeter) aren't holding up under the volatile economy, the relatively rare stuff has a mostly recession-proof history.

This finding was also consistent across items of different types, which supports the interpretation that the ability needed to answer second-tier items is more advanced than the ability required to answer first-tier items.

In the case of the CTSR, more research may be required to uncover the substance of students' reasoning about the second-tier items and review the validity of instrument.

If item developers are expecting to use a weighting approach, then they must plan for this during the item creation stage, too and be sure not to intentionally create questions with much harder first-tier items.

Thus, on this two-tiered assessment, a correct answer on the first-tier item (content) did not predict performance on the second-tier item (reason).

If so, then we would expect the second-tier item to be more difficult than the first-tier item.