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Hambleton, Ronald K.; Xing, Dehui – Applied Measurement in Education, 2006
Now that many credentialing exams are being routinely administered by computer, new computer-based test designs, along with item response theory models, are being aggressively researched to identify specific designs that can increase the decision consistency and accuracy of pass-fail decisions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Objective Tests, Item Response Theory, Feedback
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Bennett, Randy Elliot; Sebrechts, Marc M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1996
Four human judges agreed highly among themselves about the presence of errors committed by 60 adults solving algebra word problems, but were in less agreement about categorizing faults. An expert system agreed with judges about correctness of answers, but was in even less agreement about categorizing the faults. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Algebra, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing