Computerized adaptive testing : theory and practice / edited by Wim J. van der Linden and Cees A. W. Glas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Linden, Wim J. van der.

Glas, Cees A. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer adaptive testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2000.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern computer technology has opened up several new possibilities for optimizing the administration of educational and psychological tests. In computer adaptive testing (CAT), tests are automatically tailored to the proficiency level of the individual examinees. Currently, nearly all large-scale testing programs in the western world are already adaptive or in the process of becoming so. Written by active CAT researchers from Europe and North America, the chapters offer a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the theory and practice of CAT. The book can be used both as a basic reference on the state of the art in CAT and a valuable resource in graduate courses on test theory. The theoretical chapters in this book cover such topics as item selection and ability estimation, item pool development and maintenance, item calibration and model fit, and testlet-based adaptive testing. The practical chapters describe the operational aspects of existing large-scale CAT programs.

Contents:

Item Selection and Ability Estimation

Item Selection and Ability Estimation in Adaptive Testing

Constrained Adaptive Testing with Shadow Tests

Principles of Multidimensional Adaptive Testing

Applications in Large-Scale Testing Programs

The GRE Computer Adaptive Test: Operational Issues

MATHCAT: A flexible testing system in mathematics education for adults

Computer-Adaptive Sequential Testing

Item Pool Development and Maintenance

Innovative Item Types for Computerized Testing

Designing Item Pools for Computerized Adaptive Testing

Methods of Controlling the Exposure of Items in CAT

Item Calibration and Model Fit

Item Calibration and Parameter Drift

Detecting Person Misfit in Adaptive Testing Using Statistical Process Control Techniques

The Assessment of Differential Item Functioning in Comput Adaptive Tests

Testlet-Based Adaptive Testing

Testlet Response Theory: An Analog for the 3PL Model Useful in Testlet-Based Adaptive Testing

MML and EAP Estimation in Testlet-based Adaptive Testing

Testlet-Based Adaptive Mastery Testing.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-20018-9

9786610200184

0-306-47531-6

OCLC:

51844176