On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing.

Wainer, Howard; Thissen, David

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ERIC Number: EJ484379

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Publication Date: 1994

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On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing.

Wainer, Howard; Thissen, David

Review of Educational Research, v64 n1 p159-95 Spr 1994

This article summarizes results from tests that have allowed examinee choice of test items. It paints a bleak psychometric picture for the use of examinee choice within fair tests. Choice is anathema to standardized testing unless the aspects that characterize the test are irrelevant to what is being tested. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Standardized Tests, Test Items, Test Use

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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