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Chen, Dandan – Online Submission, 2023
Technology-driven shifts have created opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of assessments. Meanwhile, they may have exacerbated underlying socioeconomic issues in relation to educational equity. The increased implementation of technology-based assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic compounds the concern about the digital divide, as…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Alternative Assessment, Test Format
He, Wei; Diao, Qi; Hauser, Carl – Online Submission, 2013
This study compares the four existing procedures handling the item selection in severely constrained computerized adaptive tests (CAT). These procedures include weighted deviation model (WDM), weighted penalty model (WPM), maximum priority index (MPI), and shadow test approach (STA). Severely constrained CAT refer to those adaptive tests seeking…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Item Banks
Wang, Shudong; Jiao, Hong; He, Wei – Online Submission, 2011
The ability estimation procedure is one of the most important components in a computerized adaptive testing (CAT) system. Currently, all CATs that provide K-12 student scores are based on the item response theory (IRT) model(s); while such application directly violates the assumption of independent sample of a person in IRT models because ability…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Computation, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing