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Musa Adekunle Ayanwale; Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on high-stakes testing, including the national benchmark tests in South Africa. Current linear testing formats have been criticized for their limitations, leading to a shift towards Computerized Adaptive Testing [CAT]. Assessments with CAT are more precise and take less time. Evaluation of CAT…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Benchmarking, National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing

Lathrop, Richard G.; Williams, Janice E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
A Monte Carlo study of the validity of the Inverse Scree Test under conditions where true group membership is known was conducted. Fifty cluster analyses of each distribution involving 2 to 5 true groups of 3,000 simulated subjects were made. Implications for the data analyst are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Data Analysis, Group Membership, Monte Carlo Methods