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Jacobsen, Jared; Ackermann, Richard; Eguez, Jane; Ganguli, Debalina; Rickard, Patricia; Taylor, Linda – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2011
A computer adaptive test (CAT) is a delivery methodology that serves the larger goals of the assessment system in which it is embedded. A thorough analysis of the assessment system for which a CAT is being designed is critical to ensure that the delivery platform is appropriate and addresses all relevant complexities. As such, a CAT engine must be…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Testing Programs, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries
Ho, Andrew D.; Haertel, Edward H. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
Problems of scale typically arise when comparing test score trends, gaps, and gap trends across different tests. To overcome some of these difficulties, we can express the difference between the observed test performance of two groups with graphs or statistics that are metric-free (i.e., invariant under positive monotonic transformations of the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Test Results, Comparative Testing, Multidimensional Scaling
Davis, Mary Dabney; Everard, L. C.; Koon, Cline M.; Lathrop, Edith A.; Proffitt, Maris M.; Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
This report presents a series of brief surveys of recent developments in educational method. It points to the growing conviction that many of the aids and services once regarded as mere accessories to educational method are now among its essential elements. In the first review presented herein, Maris Profitt recognizes the present widespread…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Library Services, Museums, School Buildings