A brief description of a computerized system for the storage and retrieval of multiple choice items.'' (Author/AK)

Item banks for use in developing tests keyed to the provincial mathematics curriculum were developed at the grade 3/4, 7/8, 10/11 levels. The Rasch model calibrated all items. The banks have been used to produce 11 Ministry of Education tests and as a source for the 1981 B.C. Mathematics Assessment. (BRR)

Robitaille and O'Shea used the Rasch model in developing a set of 40-item mathematics achievement tests. The Rasch model is inappropriate for such a purpose; their article presents the model in a too favorable light and continued application of the model encourages less desirable educational practice and misdirects scarce resources. (BRR)

Analysis of test item banks in 10 auditing textbooks found that 75% of questions violated one or more guidelines for multiple-choice items. In comparison, 70% of a certified public accounting exam bank had no violations. (SK)

Presents two mathematical programming approaches for the assembly of ability tests from item pools calibrated under a multidimensional item response theory model. Item selection is based on the Fisher information matrix. Illustrates the method through empirical examples for a two-dimensional mathematics item pool. (SLD)

Eight text banks that accompany cost accounting textbooks were evaluated for the presence of bias in the distribution of correct responses. All but one were found to have considerable bias, and three of eight were found to have significant choice bias. (SK)

Linear programing was used to select items from item pools (N=1,500) based on one-, two-, and three-parameter models so that a target test information function (TTIF) was reached. Focus was on the distributional characteristics of selected items. The linear-programing approach focuses on the worst feature of the TTIF. (TJH)

The Tower of London test (T. Shallice, 1982), a measure of executive function, was reconstructed to increase its reliability through revisions tested with successive samples of 50, 50, and 34 college students. Adjusting the item pool resulted in acceptable test-retest reliability. (SLD)

Explored, using simulations, the use of disclosed items on continuous testing conditions under a worse-case scenario that assumes that disclosed items are always answered correctly. Some item pool and test designs were identified in which the use of disclosed items produces effects on test scores that may be viewed as negligible. (Author/MAK)

Proposes a new multistage adaptive-testing procedure that factors the discrimination parameter (alpha) into the item-selection process. Simulation studies indicate that the new strategy results in tests that are well-balanced, with respect to item exposure, and efficient. (SLD)

In this article, we emphasize that the Rasch model is not only very useful for psychological test calibration but is also necessary if the number of solved items is to be used as an examinee's score. Simplified proof that the Rasch model implies specific objective parameter comparisons is given. Consequently, a model check per se is possible. For…

Item exposure control, test-overlap minimization, and the efficient use of item pool are some of the important issues in computerized adaptive testing (CAT) designs. The overexposure of some items and high test-overlap rate may cause both item and test security problems. Previously these problems associated with the maximum information (Max-I)…