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Cole, Jason C.; Lutkus, Anthony D. – Research in the Schools, 1997
A college administered the computer-adaptive ACCUPLACER (College Board, 1995) reading placement test to 399 entering students and its paper-and-pencil version, COMPANION, to 481 students. When the age of the two groups was held constant, no differences were found between the groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Age Differences, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedLegg, Sue M.; Buhr, Dianne C. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
Three computerized adaptive tests (CATs) in mathematics, reading, and writing were administered to 628 community college students to determine whether examinees of different ethnic, gender, ability, and age groups, and computer experience were differentially affected. Some differences exist; however, they do not preclude use of CATs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Age Differences, College Students
Download full textParshall, Cynthia G.; And Others – 1994
Response latency information has been used in the past to provide information for consideration along with response accuracy when obtaining trait level estimates, and more recently, to flag unusual response patterns, to establish appropriate time-to-test limits (Reese, 1993), and to determine predictors of the amount of time needed to administer a…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Age Differences, Classification
