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Kleinhans, Janne; Schumann, Matthias – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
In the context of education and training, competency measurement (CM) is a central challenge in competency management. For complex CMs, a compromise must be addressed between the time available and the number of dimensions to be measured or the quality of the measurements. Increasing the efficiency of existing tests for CMs therefore poses a key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Allied Health Personnel, Computer Assisted Testing
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Jiao, Hong; Macready, George; Liu, Junhui; Cho, Youngmi – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
This study explored a computerized adaptive test delivery algorithm for latent class identification based on the mixture Rasch model. Four item selection methods based on the Kullback-Leibler (KL) information were proposed and compared with the reversed and the adaptive KL information under simulated testing conditions. When item separation was…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Identification
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Pomés, Maria; Squires, Jane; Yovanoff, Paul – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
Immigrant populations are growing and permanently changing the demographic profile of the United States. Diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds are imposing demands and challenges upon agencies serving young children and families. Culturally sensitive assessments are not always available for these populations, and psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Screening Tests, Early Childhood Education, Identification
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Papamitsiou, Zacharoula; Economides, Anastasios A. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
Accurate and early predictions of student performance could significantly affect interventions during teaching and assessment, which gradually could lead to improved learning outcomes. In our research, we seek to identify and formalize temporal parameters as predictors of performance ("temporal learning analytics" or TLA) and examine…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Predictor Variables, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Kaya, Zeki; Tan, Seref – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Distance education is a discipline that offers solutions to some important education problems. Distance education, contribute to the solution to the problems such as; inequality of opportunities, lifelong education, the implementation of a series of individual and social goals that can contribute to and benefit from educational technology and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Trends, Measurement, Evaluation
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Lin, Chuan-Ju – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
This study compares four item selection criteria for a two-category computerized classification testing: (1) Fisher information (FI), (2) Kullback-Leibler information (KLI), (3) weighted log-odds ratio (WLOR), and (4) mutual information (MI), with respect to the efficiency and accuracy of classification decision using the sequential probability…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Selection, Test Items
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Özyurt, Hacer; Özyurt, Özcan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Learning-teaching activities bring along the need to determine whether they achieve their goals. Thus, multiple choice tests addressing the same set of questions to all are frequently used. However, this traditional assessment and evaluation form contrasts with modern education, where individual learning characteristics are…
Descriptors: Probability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory
Wang, Shudong; McCall, Marty; Jiao, Hong; Harris, Gregg – Online Submission, 2012
The purposes of this study are twofold. First, to investigate the construct or factorial structure of a set of Reading and Mathematics computerized adaptive tests (CAT), "Measures of Academic Progress" (MAP), given in different states at different grades and academic terms. The second purpose is to investigate the invariance of test…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
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Huang, Hung-Yu; Chen, Po-Hsi; Wang, Wen-Chung – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
In the human sciences, a common assumption is that latent traits have a hierarchical structure. Higher order item response theory models have been developed to account for this hierarchy. In this study, computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithms based on these kinds of models were implemented, and their performance under a variety of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Item Response Theory, Simulation
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Fan, Zhewen; Wang, Chun; Chang, Hua-Hua; Douglas, Jeffrey – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2012
Traditional methods for item selection in computerized adaptive testing only focus on item information without taking into consideration the time required to answer an item. As a result, some examinees may receive a set of items that take a very long time to finish, and information is not accrued as efficiently as possible. The authors propose two…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Item Analysis
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Anderson, Daniel; Farley, Dan; Tindal, Gerald – Journal of Special Education, 2015
Students with significant cognitive disabilities present an assessment dilemma that centers on access and validity in large-scale testing programs. Typically, access is improved by eliminating construct-irrelevant barriers, while validity is improved, in part, through test standardization. In this article, one state's alternate assessment data…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests
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Thompson, Nathan A.; Weiss, David J. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2011
A substantial amount of research has been conducted over the past 40 years on technical aspects of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), such as item selection algorithms, item exposure controls, and termination criteria. However, there is little literature providing practical guidance on the development of a CAT. This paper seeks to collate some…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Construction, Models
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Ali, Usama S.; Chang, Hua-Hua – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Adaptive testing is advantageous in that it provides more efficient ability estimates with fewer items than linear testing does. Item-driven adaptive pretesting may also offer similar advantages, and verification of such a hypothesis about item calibration was the main objective of this study. A suitability index (SI) was introduced to adaptively…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Simulation, Pretests Posttests, Test Items
Cronin, John; Jensen, Nate – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2014
On August 7th, 2013, the New York State Education Commissioner, John King, announced the initial results of the state's new assessment, which was designed to measure college and career readiness relative to the Common Core Learning Standards. Commissioner King noted that the proficiency rates on these assessments were significantly lower than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, State Standards, College Readiness
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Forbey, Johnathan D.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Arbisi, Paul A. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The ability to screen quickly and thoroughly for psychological difficulties in existing and returning combat veterans who are seeking treatment for physical ailments would be of significant benefit. In the current study, item and time savings, as well as extratest correlations, associated with an audio-augmented version of the computerized…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality, Veterans, Patients
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