Adapting Adaptive Testing: Using the MicroCAT Testing System in a Local School District.

Kingsbury, G. Gage

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Adapting Adaptive Testing: Using the MicroCAT Testing System in a Local School District.

Kingsbury, G. Gage

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v9 n2 p3-6 Sum 1990

Application of computer-assisted testing (CAT) to measurement in the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools is described. Focus is on MicroCAT's developmental subsystem, which allows creation of items and test design specifications. Changes in CAT procedures allowing MicroCAT to function in existing testing systems and uses/limitations of MicroCAT software are described. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, School Districts, Test Construction, Test Use, Testing Programs

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