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Download full textKoch, Bill R.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1978
A live tailored testing study was conducted to compare the results of using either the one-parameter logistic model or the three-parameter logistic model to measure the performance of college students on multiple choice vocabulary items. The results of the study showed the three-parameter tailored testing procedure to be superior to the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
Peer reviewedReckase, Mark D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1995
An example application of portfolio assessment was developed and the model and estimates of reliability derived from the literature were then used to estimate the characteristics of an operational large-scale portfolio assessment program. Costs were estimated to put results in a realistic context. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Educational Assessment, Educational Theories, Models
Reckase, Mark D. – 1977
The reliability and validity of a tailored testing procedure based on the simple logistic model was determined for an achievement test in statistics and measurement. The test was administered on a CRT terminal to students from graduate and undergraduate measurement courses. Equivalent form reliability over a one-week interval was found to be 0.595…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, College Students, Computer Programs
Reckase, Mark D. – 1974
An application of the two-paramenter logistic (Rasch) model to tailored testing is presented. The model is discussed along with the maximum likelihood estimation of the ability parameters given the response pattern and easiness parameter estimates for the items. The technique has been programmed for use with an interactive computer terminal. Use…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level
McKinley, Robert L.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1981
A study was conducted to compare tailored testing procedures based on a Bayesian ability estimation technique and on a maximum likelihood ability estimation technique. The Bayesian tailored testing procedure selected items so as to minimize the posterior variance of the ability estimate distribution, while the maximum likelihood tailored testing…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis
Koch, William R.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1979
Tailored testing procedures for achievement testing were applied in a situation that failed to meet some of the specifications generally considered to be necessary for tailored testing. Discrepancies from the appropriate conditions included the use of small samples for calibrating items, and the use of an item pool that was not designed to be…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Educational Testing, Higher Education
Patience, Wayne M.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1979
Simulated tailored tests were used to investigate the relationships between characteristics of the item pool and the computer program, and the reliability and bias of the resulting ability estimates. The computer program was varied to provide for various step sizes (differences in difficulty between successive steps) and different acceptance…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Educational Testing
Patience, Wayne M.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1979
An experiment was performed with computer-generated data to investigate some of the operational characteristics of tailored testing as they are related to various provisions of the computer program and item pool. With respect to the computer program, two characteristics were varied: the size of the step of increase or decrease in item difficulty…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement
