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Ferdous, Abdullah A.; Plake, Barbara S.; Chang, Shu-Ren – Educational Assessment, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pretest items on response time in an operational, fixed-length, time-limited computerized adaptive test (CAT). These pretest items are embedded within the CAT, but unlike the operational items, are not tailored to the examinee's ability level. If examinees with higher ability levels need less…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Reaction Time, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
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Kolen, Michael J. – Educational Assessment, 1999
Develops a conceptual framework that addresses score comparability for performance assessments, adaptive tests, paper-and-pencil tests, and alternate item pools for computerized tests. Outlines testing situation aspects that might threaten score comparability and describes procedures for evaluating the degree of score comparability. Suggests ways…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Performance Based Assessment