INVESTIGATING LOCAL ITEM INDEPENDENCE IN CIVIC EDUCATION MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS OF JOINT MOCK EXAMINATION

In preparation for external examinations, Senior Secondary School II students write joint mock examinations in core subjects including civic education. The study examined into the authenticity of education test multiple-choice items. A post-hoc research design was used. population included all public school senior secondary I, II, and III students, whereas target 2020/21 SSS students. Kwara State Ministry Education Human Capital Development created a 50-item item research. At different stages selection, stratified, proportionate, simple random sampling techniques were Using tetrachoric correlation statistics, one question posed answered. Based on thumb rule 0.3, 41 50 items favoured local independence. Local dependency should be taught as part psychometric properties undergraduate postgraduate progra