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Peer reviewedWainer, Howard; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1994
The comparability of scores on test forms that are constructed through examinee item choice is examined in an item response theory framework. The approach is illustrated with data from the College Board's Advanced Placement Test in Chemistry taken by over 18,000 examinees. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Constructed Response
Peer reviewedWainer, Howard – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
Some cautions are sounded for converting a linearly administered test to an adaptive format. Four areas are identified in which practices broadly used in traditionally constructed tests can have adverse effects if thoughtlessly adopted when a test is administered in an adaptive mode. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Practices, Test Construction
Wainer, Howard; Kiely, Gerard L. – 1986
Recent experience with the Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) has raised a number of concerns about its practical applications. The concerns are principally involved with the concept of having the computer construct the test from a precalibrated item pool, and substituting statistical characteristics for the test developer's skills. Problems with…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity
