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He, Wei; Reckase, Mark D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
For computerized adaptive tests (CATs) to work well, they must have an item pool with sufficient numbers of good quality items. Many researchers have pointed out that, in developing item pools for CATs, not only is the item pool size important but also the distribution of item parameters and practical considerations such as content distribution…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Test Length, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing
Reckase, Mark D. – 1981
This report describes a study comparing the classification results obtained from a one-parameter and three-parameter logistic based tailored testing procedure used in conjunction with Wald's sequential probability ratio test (SPRT). Eighty-eight college students were classified into four grade categories using achievement test results obtained…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Spray, Judith A.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1994
The issue of test-item selection in support of decision making in adaptive testing is considered. The number of items needed to make a decision is compared for two approaches: selecting items from an item pool that are most informative at the decision point or selecting items that are most informative at the examinee's ability level. The first…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing