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Considerations in Developing and Using Computer-Adaptive Tests To Assess Second Language Proficiency. ERIC Digest.
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Dunkel, Patricia A. – 1999
Second language (L2) computer-adaptive testing (CAT) is a technologically advanced method of assessment in which the computer selects and presents test items to examinees according to the estimated level of the examinee's language ability. The basic notion of an adaptive test is to mimic automatically what a wise examiner would normally do.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency