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CARIA: A Personalized Career Recommender Based on Individual Competency Similarity Measure
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Supaluck Seesukong; Thara Angskun; Nantapong Keandoungchun; Atitthan Thippongtorn; Jitimon Angskun – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2024
The purpose of this research is to create a personalized system called CARIA that suggests career recommendations based on students' competencies and the required skills in each career. The focus of this study is on digital technology and digital media careers. The personalized career recommender system uses a novel similarity measure called…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Information Systems, Career Pathways, Career Readiness
Professional Knowledge of Child Support Staff: Evidence from the New Jersey Child Support Training Program
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Huang, Chien-Chung; Blake, Allison; Edwards, Richard L.; Liu, Chieh-Wen; Nolan, Robert B.; Rusen, Barbara; Thompson, Dina – Evaluation Review, 2010
Child support enforcement (CSE) has experienced dramatic changes in the last decade; however, it is not clear whether child support staff is fully aware of the development. Using data from the New Jersey child support training program (n = 530), this article aims to evaluate the professional knowledge of child support staff. The results show that…
Descriptors: Children, Career Development, Knowledge Level, Professional Training
Applications of Item Response Theory to Partial Credit Scoring.
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Wise, Steven L., Ed.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
Six papers on the use of partial credit item response theory score models in applied measurement settings are presented. These applications include the scoring of medical certification examinations using computer-based patient simulations, narrative writing tests, and educational diagnosis. (TJH)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Educational Diagnosis
Use of a Computerized Adaptive Testing Model for ESOL/Bilingual Entry/Exit Decision Making: A Preliminary Study.
Gross, Susan; Stevenson, Jose W. – Spectrum, 1986
Presents the preliminary results of a comparison of Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) and conventional testing of English competency for students with limited English proficiency. The CAT procedure, which uses computers and a measurement theory known as Item Response Theory (IRT), provides several benefits that traditional paper and pencil…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Testing
Local Assessment Responses to a State-Mandated Minimum-Competency Testing Program: Benefits and Drawbacks.
Ferrara, Steven; And Others – 1988
A study was undertaken to describe assessment activities of four school districts in Maryland (Washington, Cecil, Montgomery, and Charles Counties) designed to parallel a state-mandated competency-testing program required for high school graduation and to report uses of scores and positive and negative impacts from assessment activities. The…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Graduation Requirements
Improving Schools through Inservice Test Construction: The Rossville Model.
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Gilman, David Alan – 1988
A method for improving curriculum and schools through the local development of competency tests in basic skills--the Competency-Rossville Model (CRM)--is outlined. The method was originated in the school system of Rossville (Illinois) and has been tested in five other midwestern school systems. The approach leads the faculty of the school, with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Testing, Curriculum Development
College Board Computerized Placement Tests: Validation of an Adaptive Test of Basic Skills.
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Ward, William C.; And Others – 1986
The College Board Computerized Placement Tests are intended for use by two- and four-year colleges in determining whether entering students are prepared for college-level work in English, reading, and mathematics, or whether they need developmental studies. Seventeen colleges and universities participated in pilot testing of the College Board…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty