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Peer reviewedvan der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2001
Presents a constrained computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithm that can be used to equate CAT number-correct scores to a reference test. Used an item bank from the Law School Admission Test to compare results of the algorithm with those for equipercentile observed-score equating. Discusses advantages of the approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Equated Scores
Download full textHicks, Marilyn M. – 1989
Methods of computerized adaptive testing using conventional scoring methods in order to develop a computerized placement test for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were studied. As a consequence of simulation studies during the first phase of the study, the multilevel testing paradigm was adopted to produce three test levels…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing
