{"id":120,"date":"2011-06-20T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:54:02","slug":"page48-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=120","title":{"rendered":"Item camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Item Writing Camp<\/h3>\n<p>Each assessment item is first written by an\u00a0individual who is generally knowledgeable in the content area and is familiar with item-writing principles.\u00a0 The item is then analyzed collectively by the group of people writing items for a given content area.\u00a0 These collective sessions, called &#8220;item camps&#8221; (a phrase borrowed from the Learning Mathematics for Teaching project at the University of Michigan), allow for consideration of multiple viewpoints and interpretations when revising items.<\/p>\n<p>These meetings are\u00a0instrumental in\u00a0revealing blind spots that item writers develop as they become immersed in the work; e.g., inadvertently introducing irrelevant content.\u00a0\u00a0 Item writing can also benefit from the combination of inputs from\u00a0group members having distinct specialties (extensive content expertise, diverse teaching experiences, grammar, graphic design etc.).<\/p>\n<h3>Item Interview Camp<\/h3>\n<p>Collective input is also useful in interpreting and acting on the results of <a href=\"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=118\">cognitive interviews<\/a>.\u00a0 Multiple, though perhaps not all, group members present feedback from individual interviews of the same item.\u00a0\u00a0The group\u00a0considers the interview feedback\u00a0 (particularly input regarding any\u00a0unforeseen difficulties,\u00a0or consensus responses)\u00a0when evaluating the item.\u00a0 This often identifies straightforward issues, such as easily eliminated distractors.\u00a0 Feedback from multiple interviewees is particularly valuable in distinguishing between incorrect answers that result from 1) a lack of content knowledge versus 2) a difficulty in understanding elements of the item (or relationships among elements) that may be peripheral to the targeted idea.\u00a0 In the latter case, different inputs are then valuable in generating a revision that has greater clarity without a sacrifice of\u00a0accuracy or utility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Item Writing Camp Each assessment item is first written by an\u00a0individual who is generally knowledgeable in the content area and is familiar with item-writing principles.\u00a0 The item is then analyzed collectively by the group of people writing items for a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":44200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/682"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}