{"id":121,"date":"2011-06-20T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:53:29","slug":"page41-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=121","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interviews with individuals representative of the intended assessment audience can be conducted to inform the revision of items.\u00a0 Of prime importance in arranging and conducting interviews is establishing an\u00a0unintimidating presence such that the interviewee feels secure in\u00a0providing candid responses.\u00a0 Explicitly expressed emphasis on the goal of item improvement, as opposed to knowledge measurement, helps foster an appropriate environment.\u00a0 It is also important to\u00a0capture information objectively, being attentive\u00a0to alternative\/unintended thought processes and interpretations expressed by interviewees.<\/p>\n<p>Procedures appropriate for\u00a0conducting interviews\u00a0are described in <a href=\"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/?page_id=118\">cognitive interviews<\/a>, within the development\u00a0section\u00a0for teacher assessments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviews with individuals representative of the intended assessment audience can be conducted to inform the revision of items.\u00a0 Of prime importance in arranging and conducting interviews is establishing an\u00a0unintimidating presence such that the interviewee feels secure in\u00a0providing candid responses.\u00a0 Explicitly&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":42300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","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=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/681"}],"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=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}