Descriptor
| Adaptive Testing | 2 |
| Computer Assisted Testing | 2 |
| Test Items | 2 |
| Verbal Tests | 2 |
| Algorithms | 1 |
| Expert Systems | 1 |
| Multiple Choice Tests | 1 |
| Scoring | 1 |
| Selection | 1 |
| Simulation | 1 |
| Statistical Analysis | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Applied Psychological… | 1 |
Author
| Stocking, Martha L. | 2 |
| Potenza, Maria T. | 1 |
| Swanson, Len | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedStocking, Martha L.; Swanson, Len – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993
A method is presented for incorporating a large number of constraints on adaptive item selection in the construction of computerized adaptive tests. The method, which emulates practices of expert test specialists, is illustrated for verbal and quantitative measures. Its foundation is application of a weighted deviations model and algorithm. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Expert Systems
Download full textPotenza, Maria T.; Stocking, Martha L. – 1994
A multiple choice test item is identified as flawed if it has no single best answer. In spite of extensive quality control procedures, the administration of flawed items to test-takers is inevitable. Common strategies for dealing with flawed items in conventional testing, grounded in the principle of fairness to test-takers, are reexamined in the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring
