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Download full textWang, Xiang-bo; And Others – 1993
An increasingly popular test format allows examinees to choose the items they will answer from among a larger set. When examinee choice is allowed fairness requires that the different test forms thus formed be equated for their possible differential difficulty. For this equating to be possible it is necessary to know how well examinees would have…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Advanced Placement, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores
Sykes, Robert C.; Ito, Kyoko – 1995
Whether the presence of bidimensionality has any effect on the adaptive recalibration of test items was studied through live-data simulation of computer adaptive testing (CAT) forms. The source data were examinee responses to the 298 scored multiple choice items of a licensure examination in a health care profession. Three 75-item part-forms,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics)
Nicewander, W. Alan; And Others – 1980
Two methods of interactive, computer-assisted testing methods for multiple-choice items were compared with each other and with conventional multiple-choice tests. The interactive testing methods compared were tailored testing and the respond-until-correct (RUC) item response method. In tailored testing, examinee ability is successively estimated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Guessing (Tests)
Linacre, John M. – 1987
This paper describes a computer program in Microsoft BASIC which selects and administers test items from a small item bank. The level of the difficulty of the item selected depends on the test taker's previous response. This adaptive system is based on the Rasch model. The Rasch model uses a unit of measurement based on the logarithm of the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Individual Testing
Plake, Barbara S.; Wise, Steven L. – 1986
One question regarding the utility of adaptive testing is the effect of individualized item arrangements on examinee test scores. The purpose of this study was to analyze the item difficulty choices by examinees as a function of previous item performance. The examination was a 25-item test of basic algebra skills given to 36 students in an…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algebra, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedWise, Steven L.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
Performance of 156 undergraduate and 48 graduate students on a self-adapted test (SFAT)--students choose the difficulty level of their test items--was compared with performance on a computer-adapted test (CAT). Those taking the SFAT obtained higher ability scores and reported lower posttest state anxiety than did CAT takers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
