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Direct linkOECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
Halkitis, Perry N.; Leahy, Julia M. – Nursing and Health Care, 1993
Explains computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and its basis in item response theory. Describes a CAT program in pharmacology. (SK)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedCliff, Norman – Psychometrika, 1979
This paper traces the course of the consequences of viewing test responses as simply providing dichotomous data concerning ordinal relations. It begins by proposing that the score matrix is best considered to be items-plus-persons by items-plus-persons, and recording the wrongs as well as the rights. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Mathematical Models, Matrices, Measurement
Peer reviewedCliff, Norman; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Monte Carlo research with TAILOR, a program using implied orders as a basis for tailored testing, is reported. TAILOR typically required about half the available items to estimate, for each simulated examinee, the responses on the remainder. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Programs, Item Sampling, Nonparametric Statistics
Peer reviewedWise, Steven L.; Plake, Barbara S. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Discusses the unique advantages provided by computer-based (CB) testing. Describes the various forms of CB tests used in higher education and the variety of testing applications of computers in colleges and universities. Presents psychometric issues and concerns related to CB testing along with relevant research findings. (Author/PVV)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Codes of Ethics, Computer Assisted Testing, Feedback
Download full textHambleton, Ronald K. – 1989
A brief overview of item response theory is provided, and a 186-item bibliography of books and articles on the subject dating from 1953 to June 1989 is presented. The overview includes a definition of the theory, a discussion of its development and application, and comparisons with classical test theory. All publications in the bibliography were…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Equated Scores
McBride, James R. – 1986
An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
