Although many educational and psychological tests are labeled as computerized adaptive test (CAT), not all tests show the same level of adaptivity -- some tests might not have much adaptation because of various constraints imposed by test developers. Researchers have proposed some indices to measure the amount of adaption for an adaptive test.…

On a general level, the objective of diagnostic classifications models (DCMs) lies in a classification of individuals regarding multiple latent skills. In this article, the authors show that this objective can be achieved by multidimensional adaptive testing (MAT) as well. The authors discuss whether or not the restricted applicability of DCMs can…