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Peer reviewedWang, Xiang-bo; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1995
An experiment is reported in which 225 high school students were asked to choose among several multiple-choice items but then were required to answer them all. It is concluded that allowing choice while having fair tests is only possible when choice is irrelevant in terms of difficulty. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, High School Students
