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Allen, Nancy L.; And Others – 1993
A special case of examinee choice, the Optional Essay Problem, is examined from the point of view of test equating. The Optional Essay Problem involves equating essay scores when the examinees are required to select an optional essay topic from a list of topics in addition to taking a mandatory test required of all examinees. The conditions that…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Essay Tests, Essays
Mathieu, Cindy K. – 1997
This paper presents six steps in test construction generally recommended by measurement textbook authors. The focus is primarily on paper-and-pencil achievement tests as used by class instructions, although the discussion touches on the construction of other types of assessment. The six steps are: (1) determine the test purpose; (2) determine the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Measurement Techniques, Selection
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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1994
In self-adapted testing (SAT), examinees select the difficulty level of items administered. This study investigated three variations of prior information provided when taking an SAT: (1) no information (examinees selected item difficulty levels without prior information); (2) view (examinees inspected a typical item from each difficulty level…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
No significant differences in performance on a self-adapted test or anxiety were found for college students (n=218) taking a self-adapted test who selected item difficulty without any prior information, inspected an item before selecting, or answered a typical item and received performance feedback. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement, Adaptive Testing, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing
Veerkamp, Wim J. J.; Berger, Martijn P. F. – 1994
Items with the highest discrimination parameter values in a logistic item response theory (IRT) model do not necessarily give maximum information. This paper shows which discrimination parameter values (as a function of the guessing parameter and the distance between person ability and item difficulty) give maximum information for the…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing
Roos, Linda L.; Wise, Steven L.; Finney, Sara J. – 1998
Previous studies have shown that, when administered a self-adapted test, a few examinees will choose item difficulty levels that are not well-matched to their proficiencies, resulting in high standard errors of proficiency estimation. This study investigated whether the previously observed effects of a self-adapted test--lower anxiety and higher…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Wainer, Howard; And Others – 1991
When an examination consists, in whole or in part, of constructed response items, it is a common practice to allow the examinee to choose among a variety of questions. This procedure is usually adopted so that the limited number of items that can be completed in the allotted time does not unfairly affect the examinee. This results in the de facto…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
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Wise, Steven L.; And Others – 1993
A new testing strategy that provides protection against the problem of having examinees in adaptive testing choose difficulty levels that are not matched to their proficiency levels was introduced and evaluated. The method, termed restricted self-adapted testing (RSAT), still provides examinees with a degree of control over the difficulty levels…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Pine, Steven M.; Weiss, David J. – 1976
This report examines how selection fairness is influenced by the item characteristics of a selection instrument in terms of its distribution of item difficulties, level of item discrimination, and degree of item bias. Computer simulation was used in the administration of conventional ability tests to a hypothetical target population consisting of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bias, Computer Programs, Culture Fair Tests
Jaeger, Richard M. – 1989
Criteria for the selection of judges (evaluators) for setting item-based standards involved in tests for which cutting scores must be established are investigated. Focus is on cases in which test standards are based on specialists' judgments concerning the difficulty of test items in tests used to determine who will be awarded a diploma, admitted…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics)