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Peer reviewedPlake, Barbara S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
The development of a hypothetical testing program designed to provide optimum information about student achievement is chronicled. Computer adaptive testing and performance testing are postulated as part of the program. What optimum information really means is discussed. Optimum is only optimal when theory and application are balanced. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
