Mean Response Time

Pro! has been extended to support the Classical Item Analysis (IA) Mean Response Time (MRT) statistic. Psychometricians can include the MRT statistic when uploading Classical IA statistics. The MRT can be added as an Item Search result column to be sorted, filtered, and exported. It is also supported when saving search criteria as part of the Save Search feature.

Item Relationships

Item relationships can be quickly created for multiple items using Pro!’s role-based Relationship Upload feature. Specify the relationship for Partners or Enemies in a single Comma Separated Values file (CSV) and upload the file. The item relationships are created and recorded in the Activity and Event log for auditing and tracking purposes.

Sample relationship upload file contents

MASTER_CODE1, MASTER_CODE2, RELATIONSHIP, REASON_CODE
ItemName001, ItemName002, ENEMY, 1
ItemName003, ItemName004, PARTNER, 100

Partner Relationships

Partner relationships between items are used during the longitudinal assessment assembly process. If an examinee answers a question incorrectly, the assembly algorithm will select one of that item’s partners in a later quarter. The Relationship Upload feature allows for multiple partner relationships to be defined in a single operation.

Enemy Relationships

Pro!’s enemy relationship management has been enhanced to create the enemy pairing using the Item Relationship Upload feature. The Relationship Upload feature allows for multiple enemy relationships to be defined in a single operation.

Item Cloning and Moving

The cloning process can be instructed to have the newly created child item inherit the parent’s Enemy and Partner relationship. An Enemy or Partner relationship can also be created between the parent and child if desired.

Items can be moved between specialty banks or sections while maintaining their Partner and Enemy relationships.

Item Authoring

Users with the ability to edit items have the option of using the Courier New font when writing or managing items.

Workflow Configurability

Remote Item Writing has been enhanced to allow for a more streamlined mentoring workflow.  When using Item Mentors, define the project’s item workflow to allow for the mentor to edit and submit items they have been sent to review.  Specify various combinations of whom are allowed to edit and submit items to match your workflow.

Item Authoring and Reviewing

Item Writers and Reviewers have the option of using the Courier New font when writing or reviewing items.

New APIs have been developed to provide a quick way of obtaining information for a collection of items.

items/{id}/classificationall
Endpoint which retrieves the item’s classification values for the specified item. Each level of the assigned classification will be returned along with its description

poolbooks/{id}/itemclassificationall
Endpoint which retrieves the item’s classification values for all items referenced in the specified poolbook. Each level of the assigned classification will be returned along with its description. 

poolbooks/{id}/itemcontent
Endpoint which retrieves the Item content for all items referenced in the specified PoolBook. A collection of referenced exhibits are returned.  The GetExhibitContent API can be used to retrieve the exhibit data. 

poolbooks/{id}/itemirt
Endpoint which retrieves the item’s IRT statistic for all items referenced in the specified poolbook. 

poolbooks/{id}/itemrationale
Endpoint which retrieves the Item and Answer Choice rationales for all items referenced in the specified poolbook.

Pro! Back Office

No changes in this release.

Pro! Remote Item Authoring and Review

No changes in this release.