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Navarro, Juan-José; Mourgues-Codern, Catalina V. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
The development of novel educational assessment models founded on item response theory (IRT), as well as software tools designed to implement these models, has contributed to the surge in computerized adaptive tests (CATs). The distinguishing characteristic of CATs is that the sequence of items on a test progressively adapts to the performance…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Item Response Theory
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Wang, Shiyu; Lin, Haiyan; Chang, Hua-Hua; Douglas, Jeff – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage testing (MST) have become two of the most popular modes in large-scale computer-based sequential testing. Though most designs of CAT and MST exhibit strength and weakness in recent large-scale implementations, there is no simple answer to the question of which design is better because different…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Format, Sequential Approach