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Peer reviewedWise, Steven L.; Finney, Sara J.; Enders, Craig K.; Freeman, Sharon A.; Severance, Donald D. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1999
Examined whether providing item review on a computerized adaptive test could be used by examinees to inflate their scores. Two studies involving 139 undergraduates suggest that examinees are not highly proficient at discriminating item difficulty. A simulation study showed the usefulness of a strategy identified by G. Kingsbury (1996) as a way to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
