Computer-based testing and the Internet : issues and advances / edited by Dave Bartram, Ronald K. Hambleton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartram, Dave, 1948-

Hambleton, Ronald K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychological tests--Data processing.

Psychological tests.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hokoken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., [2006]

Summary:

No topic is more central to innovation and current practice in testing and assessment today than computers and the Internet. This timely publication highlights four main themes that define current issues, technical advances and applications of computer-based testing. Advances in computer-based testing-new test designs, item selection algorithms, exposure control issues and methods, and new tests that capitalize on the power of computer technology. Operational issues-systems design, test security, and legal and ethical matters. New and improved uses-for tests in employment and credentialing. The future of computer-based testing-identifying potential issues, developments, major advances and problems to overcome.

Written by internationally recognized contributors, each chapter focuses on issues of control, quality, security and technology. These issues provide the basic structure for the International Test Commission's new Guidelines on Computer-Based Testing and Testing on the Internet. The contributions to this book have played a key role in the development of these guidelines. Computer-Based Testing and the Internet is a comprehensive guide for all professionals, academics and practitioners working in the fields of education, credentialing, personnel testing and organizational assessment. It will also be of value to students developing expertise in these areas.

Contents:

Introduction : the International Test Commission and its role in advancing measurement practices and international guidelines / Thomas Oakland

Testing on the Internet : issues, challenges and opportunities in the field of occupational assessment / Dave Bartram

Model-based innovations in computer-based testing / Wim J. van der Linden

New tests and new items : opportunities and issues / Fritz Drasgow and Krista Mattern

Psychometric models, test designs, and item types for the next generation of educational and psychological tests / Ronald K. Hambleton

Operational issues in computer-based testing / Richard Luecht

Internet testing : the examinee perspective / Michael M. Harris

The impact of technology on test manufacture, delivery and use, and on the test taker / Dave Bartram

Optimizing quality in the use of Web-based and computer-based testing for personnel selection / Lutz F. Hornke and Martin Kersting

Computer-based testing for professional licensing and certification of health professionals / Donald E. Melnick and Brian E. Clauser

Issues that simulations face as assessment tools / Charles Johnson

Inexorable and inevitable : the continuing story of technology and assessment / Randy Elliott Bennett

Facing the opportunities of the future / Krista J. Breithaupt, Craig N. Mills and Gerald J. Melican.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0470861924

047001721X

OCLC:

60373914

Publisher Number:

9780470861929 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780470017210 (paper : alk. paper)