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Download full textCapar, Nilufer K.; Thompson, Tony; Davey, Tim – 2000
Information provided for computerized adaptive test (CAT) simulees was compared under two conditions on two moderately correlated trait composites, mathematics and reading comprehension. The first condition used information provided by in-scale items alone, while the second condition used information provided by in- and out-of-scale items together…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory
Thompson, Tony D.; Davey, Tim – 1999
Methods to control the test construct and the efficiency of a computerized adaptive test (CAT) were studied in the context of a reading comprehension test given as a part of a battery of tests for college admission. A goal of the study was to create test scores that were interchangeable with those from a fixed form paper and pencil test. The first…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
