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Gökhan Iskifoglu – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2024
This research paper investigated the importance of conducting measurement invariance analysis in developing measurement tools for assessing differences between and among study variables. Most of the studies, which tended to develop an inventory to assess the existence of an attitude, behavior, belief, IQ, or an intuition in a person's…
Descriptors: Testing, Testing Problems, Error of Measurement, Attitude Measures
Lee, Chansoon; Qian, Hong – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2022
Using classical test theory and item response theory, this study applied sequential procedures to a real operational item pool in a variable-length computerized adaptive testing (CAT) to detect items whose security may be compromised. Moreover, this study proposed a hybrid threshold approach to improve the detection power of the sequential…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Item Response Theory
Chun Wang; Ping Chen; Shengyu Jiang – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2020
Many large-scale educational surveys have moved from linear form design to multistage testing (MST) design. One advantage of MST is that it can provide more accurate latent trait [theta] estimates using fewer items than required by linear tests. However, MST generates incomplete response data by design; hence, questions remain as to how to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Adaptive Testing, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Thissen, David – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2016
David Thissen, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Quantitative Program at the University of North Carolina, has consulted and served on technical advisory committees for assessment programs that use item response theory (IRT) over the past couple decades. He has come to the conclusion that there are usually two purposes…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Construction, Testing Problems, Student Evaluation
Makransky, Guido; Glas, Cees A. W. – International Journal of Testing, 2013
Cognitive ability tests are widely used in organizations around the world because they have high predictive validity in selection contexts. Although these tests typically measure several subdomains, testing is usually carried out for a single subdomain at a time. This can be ineffective when the subdomains assessed are highly correlated. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Adaptive Testing, Feedback (Response)
Kettler, Ryan J. – Review of Research in Education, 2015
This chapter introduces theory that undergirds the role of testing adaptations in assessment, provides examples of item modifications and testing accommodations, reviews research relevant to each, and introduces a new paradigm that incorporates opportunity to learn (OTL), academic enablers, testing adaptations, and inferences that can be made from…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Literature Reviews, Testing, Testing Accommodations
Ash, Katie – Education Week, 2008
This article discusses the growing interest in computer-adaptive testing, which supporters say can help guide instruction, increase student motivation, and determine the best use of resources for districts. This method of testing shortens the test by not asking high-achieving students questions that are too easy for them, and likewise not giving…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation
Rosen, Gerald A. – 2000
Computer-based testing places great burdens on all involved parties to ensure test security. A task analysis of test site security might identify the areas of protecting the test, protecting the data, and protecting the environment as essential issues in test security. Protecting the test involves transmission of the examinations, identifying the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Testing Problems
van der Linden, Wim J.; Breithaupt, Krista; Chuah, Siang Chee; Zhang, Yanwei – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2007
A potential undesirable effect of multistage testing is differential speededness, which happens if some of the test takers run out of time because they receive subtests with items that are more time intensive than others. This article shows how a probabilistic response-time model can be used for estimating differences in time intensities and speed…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Evaluation Methods, Test Items, Reaction Time

Meijer, Rob R. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2003
This book provides a general overview of computer based testing (CBT) and aims at an audience of practitioners and graduate students. The book discusses all aspects of BT without going into psychometric detail. This nontechnical and basic book is recommended as a textbook for students or new researchers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Testing Problems, Textbooks
Glas, Cees A. W.; Meijer, Rob R.; van Krimpen-Stoop, Edith M. L. A. – 1998
Recently, several person-fit statistics have been proposed to detect nonfitting response patterns. This study is designed to generalize an approach followed by Klauer (1995) to an adaptive testing system using the two-parameter logistic model (2PL) as a null model. The approach developed by Klauer is described, and some difficulties in…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, Power (Statistics)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Princeton, NJ. – 1983
This brief overview notes that an adaptive test differs from standardized achievement tests in that it does not consist of a certain set of items that are administered to a group of examinees. Instead, the test is individualized for each examinee. The items administered to the examinee are selected from a large pool of items on the basis of the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks, Latent Trait Theory
Rabinowitz, Stanley; Brandt, Tamara – 2001
Computer-based assessment appears to offer the promise of radically improving both how assessments are implemented and the quality of the information they can deliver. However, as many states consider whether to embrace this new technology, serious concerns remain about the fairness of the new systems and the readiness of states (and districts and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Educational Testing

Roos, Linda L.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
This article describes Minnesota Computerized Adaptive Testing Language program code for using the MicroCAT 3.5 testing software to administer several types of self-adapted tests. Code is provided for: a basic self-adapted test; a self-adapted version of an adaptive mastery test; and a restricted self-adapted test. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Mastery Tests, Programming

Wheeler, Patricia H. – 1995
When individuals are given tests that are too hard or too easy, the resulting scores are likely to be poor estimates of their performance. To get valid and accurate test scores that provide meaningful results, one should use functional-level testing (FLT). FLT is the practice of administering to an individual a version of a test with a difficulty…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Performance