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Moe, Kim C.; Johnson, Marilyn F. – 1986
This study investigated participants' reactions to computerized testing and assessed the practicability of this testing method in the classroom. A sample of 315 secondary-level students took a computerized and a printed version of a standardized aptitude test battery and a survey assessing their reactions to the computerized testing. Overall…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Forbes, Dean W. – 1986
For many years personalization of achievement testing has been impossible in all but the simplest forms. Recently, item response theory (IRT), or latent trait theory, has emerged as a valuable tool which brings far greater flexibility to the process than had previously been possible. The single parameter Rasch Model, a mathematical model developed…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas, Gregory P. – 1986
This paper argues that no single measurement strategy serves all purposes and that applying methods and techniques which allow a variety of data elements to be retrieved and juxtaposed may be an investment in the future. Item response theory, Rasch model, and latent trait theory are all approaches to a single conceptual topic. An abbreviated look…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection
