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Download full textStocking, Martha L. – 1994
Modern applications of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) are typically grounded in item response theory (IRT; Lord, 1980). While the IRT foundations of adaptive testing provide a number of approaches to adaptive test scoring that may seem natural and efficient to psychometricians, these approaches may be more demanding for test takers, test…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores
Peer reviewedPrestwood, Stephen J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Undergraduate students were administered one of three conventional or one of three stratified adaptive vocabulary tests with or without knowledge of results. Results indicated that knowledge of results and test difficulty affected performance. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computers
Church, Austin T.; Weiss, David J. – 1980
A pilot study on the development and administration of a test using a spatial reasoning problem, the 15-puzzle, is described. The test utilizes on-line capabilities of a real-time computer to record an examinee's progress on each problem through a sequence of problem-solving "moves", and to collect additional on-line data that might be…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Measurement, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
