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Mislevy, Robert J.; Behrens, John T.; Bennett, Randy E.; Demark, Sarah F.; Frezzo, Dennis C.; Levy, Roy; Robinson, Daniel H.; Rutstein, Daisy Wise; Shute, Valerie J.; Stanley, Ken; Winters, Fielding I. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
People use external knowledge representations (EKRs) to identify, depict, transform, store, share, and archive information. Learning how to work with EKRs is central to becoming proficient in virtually every discipline. As such, EKRs play central roles in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Five key roles of EKRs in educational assessment are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Computer Networks, Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing
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Harris, Deborah J.; Subkoviak, Michael J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
This study examined three statistical methods for selecting items for mastery tests: (1) pretest-posttest; (2) latent trait; and (3) agreement statistics. The correlation between the latent trait method and agreement statistics, proposed here as an alternative, was substantial. Results for the pretest-posttest method confirmed its reputed…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Correlation, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
van der Linden, Wim J.; Adema, Jos J. – 1988
Two optimalization models for the construction of tests with a maximal value of coefficient alpha are given. Both models have a linear form and can be solved by using a branch-and-bound algorithm. The first model assumes an item bank calibrated under the Rasch model and can be used, for instance, when classical test theory has to serve as an…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
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Stout, William – Psychometrika, 1987
A procedure--based on item response theory--for testing the hypothesis of unidimensionality of the latent space is proposed. Use of the procedure is supported by an asymptotic theory and a Monte Carlo simulation study. The procedure tests for unidimensionality in test construction and/or compares two tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Computer Simulation, Equations (Mathematics), Hypothesis Testing
Ackerman, Terry A. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of using multidimensional items in a computer adaptive test (CAT) setting which assumes a unidimensional item response theory (IRT) framework. Previous research has suggested that the composite of multidimensional abilities being estimated by a unidimensional IRT model is not constant…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation