Computerized adaptive testing in computer science: assessing student programming abilities - Syang, A.; Dale, N.B. (Proceedings of the twenty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 1993)

Computerized adaptive testing in instructional settings - Welch, R. E.,; Frick, T. (Educational Technology Research and Development, 1993)

Computerized adaptive testing strategies: Golden section search, dichotomous search, and Z-score strategies (Doctoral dissertation, Iowa State University, 1990) - Xiao, B. (1993)

Computerized adaptive testing: the future is upon us - Halkitis, P. N.; Leahy, J. M. (Nurs Health Care, 1993)
Halkitis, P NLeahy, J MUnited statesNursing & health care : official publication of the National League for NursingNurs Health Care. 1993 Sep;14(7):378-85.
Keywords: *Computer-Assisted Instruction; *Education, Nursing; *Educational Measurement; *Reaction Time; Humans; Pharmacology/education; Psychometrics

Computerized adaptive testing using the partial credit model: Effects of item pool characteristics and different stopping rules - Dodd, B. G.; Koch, W. R.; De Ayala, R. J., (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993)
Simulated datasets were used to research the effects of the systematic variation of three major variables on the performance of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) procedures for the partial credit model. The three variables studied were the stopping rule for terminating the CATs, item pool size, and the distribution of the difficulty of the items in the pool. Results indicated that the standard error stopping rule performed better across the variety of CAT conditions than the minimum information stopping rule. In addition it was found that item pools that consisted of as few as 30 items were adequate for CAT provided that the item pool was of medium difficulty. The implications of these findings for implementing CAT systems based on the partial credit model are discussed.

Computerized mastery testing using fuzzy set decision theory - Du, Y.; Lewis, C.; Pashley, P. J. (Applied Measurement in Education, 1993)
(Also Educational Testing Service Research Report 94-37)

Controlling item exposure rates in a realistic adaptive testing paradigm (Research Report 93-2) - Stocking, M. L. (1993)

Deriving comparable scores for computer adaptive and conventional tests: An example using the SAT - Eignor, D. R. (1993)
#EI93-55 (Also presented at the 1993 National Council on Measurement in Education meeting in Atlanta GA.)

The development and evaluation of a computerized adaptive test of tonal memory - Vispoel, W. P. (Journal of Research in Music Education, 1993)

The efficiency, reliability, and concurrent validity of adaptive and fixed-item tests of music listening skills - Vispoel, W. P.; Wang, T.; Bleiler, T. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

Establishing time limits for the GRE computer adaptive tests - Reese, C. M. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

Field test of a computer-based GRE general test (GRE Board Technical Report 88-8; Educational Testing Service Research Rep No RR 93-07) - Schaeffer, G. A.; Reese, C. M.; Steffen, M.; McKinley, R. L.; Mills, C. N. (1993)

Individual differences and test administration procedures: A comparison of fixed-item, adaptive, and self-adapted testing - Vispoel, W. P.; Rocklin, T. R. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AEARA, 1993)

Individual differences in computerized adaptive testing - Kim, J. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, 1993)

Introduction of a computer adaptive GRE General test (Research Report 93-57) - Schaeffer, G. A.; Steffen, M.; Golub-Smith, M. L. (1993)

An investigation of restricted self-adapted testing - Wise, S. L.; Kingsbury, G. G.; Houser, R.L. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

Item Calibration: Medium-of-administration effect on computerized adaptive scores (TR-93-9) - Hetter, R. D.; Bloxom, B. M.; Segall, D. O. (1993)

Les tests adaptatifs en langue seconde - Laurier, M. (1993)

Linking the standard and advanced forms of the Ravens Progressive Matrices in both the paper-and-pencil and computer-adaptive-testing formats - Styles, I.; Andrich, D. (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993)

A Method for Severely Constrained Item Selection in Adaptive Testing - Stocking, M. L.; Swanson, L. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993)

A method for severely constrained item selection in adaptive testing - Stocking, M.,; Swanson, L. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993)

A model and heuristic for solving very large item selection problems - Stocking, M.,; Swanson, L. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993)

Modern computerized adaptive testing - Stocking, M. L. (Paper presented at the Joint Statistics and Psychometric Seminar, 1993)

Monte Carlo simulation comparison of two-stage testing and computerized adaptive testing - Kim, H.; Plake, B. S. (Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

Moving in a new direction: Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) - Jones-Dickson, C.; Dorsey, D.; Campbell-Warnock, J.; Fields, F. (Nursing Management, 1993)
Jones-Dickson, CDorsey, DCampbell-Warnock, JFields, FUnited statesNursing managementNurs Manage. 1993 Jan;24(1):80, 82.
Keywords: *Computers; Accreditation/methods; Educational Measurement/*methods; Licensure, Nursing; United States

Multiple-category classification using a sequential probability ratio test (Research report 93-7) - Spray, J. A. (1993)
#SP93-7

New computer technique seen producing a revolution in testing - Jacobson, R. L. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993)

A practical examination of the use of free-response questions in computerized adaptive testing - Kingsbury, G. G.; Houser, R.L. (Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Atlanta GA., 1993)
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A simulated comparison of testlets and a content balancing procedure for an adaptive certification examination - Reshetar, R. A.; Norcini, J. J.; Shea, J. A. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

A simulated comparison of two content balancing and maximum information item selection procedures for an adaptive certification examination - Reshetar, R. A.; Norcini, J. J.; Shea, J. A. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

A simulation study of methods for assessing differential item functioning in computer-adaptive tests (Educational Testing Service Research Rep No RR 93-11) - Zwick, R.; Thayer, D.; Wingersky, M. (1993)

Some initial experiments with adaptive survey designs for structured questionnaires - Singh, J. (Paper presented at the New Methods and Applications in Consumer Research Conference, 1993)

Some practical considerations when converting a linearly administered test to an adaptive format - Wainer, H., (Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993)

Test targeting and precision before and after review on computer-adaptive tests - Lunz, M. E.; Stahl, J. A.; Bergstrom, Betty A. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1993)

Un test adaptatif en langue seconde : la perception des apprenants - Laurier, M. (1993)

Ability measure equivalence of computer adaptive and paper and pencil tests: A research synthesis - Bergstrom, B. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

Altering the level of difficulty in computer adaptive testing - Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, M. E.; Gershon, R. C. (Applied Measurement in Education, 1992)
Examines the effect of altering test difficulty on examinee ability measures and test length in a computer adaptive test. The 225 Ss were randomly assigned to 3 test difficulty conditions and given a variable length computer adaptive test. Examinees in the hard, medium, and easy test condition took a test targeted at the 50%, 60%, or 70% probability of correct response. The results show that altering the probability of a correct response does not affect estimation of examinee ability and that taking an easier computer adaptive test only slightly increases the number of items necessary to reach specified levels of precision. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved).
Lawrence Erlbaum, US
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

The application of latent class models in adaptive testing - Macready, G. B.; Dayton, C. M. (Psychometrika, 1992)

Assessing existing item bank depth for computer adaptive testing - Bergstrom, Betty A.; Stahl, J. A. (ERIC Document No. TM022404, 1992)

CAT-ASVAB precision - Moreno, K. E.,; Segall, D. O. (Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association, 1992)

A comparison of computerized adaptive and paper-and-pencil versions of the national registered nurse licensure examination - A Zara (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

Comparison of item targeting strategies for pass/fail adaptive tests - Bergstrom, B.; Gershon, R. C. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)
(ERIC NO. ED 400 287).

A comparison of methods for adaptive estimation of a multidimensional trait - Tam, S. S. (1992)

A comparison of self-adapted and computerized adaptive achievement tests - Wise, S. L.; Plake, S. S; Johnson, P. L.; Roos, S. L. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992)

A comparison of the partial credit and graded response models in computerized adaptive testing - De Ayala, R. J.; Dodd, B. G.; Koch, W. R. (Applied Measurement in Education, 1992)

A comparison of the performance of simulated hierarchical and linear testlets - Wainer, H.,; Kaplan, B.; Lewis, C. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992)

Computer adaptive versus paper-and-pencil tests - Bergstrom, B. (1992)

Computer-based adaptive testing in music research and instruction - Bowers, D. R. (Psychomusicology, 1992)

Computerized adaptive assessment of cognitive abilities among disabled adults - Engdahl, B. (1992)

Computerized adaptive mastery tests as expert systems - Frick, T. W. (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1992)

Computerized adaptive mastery tests as expert systems - Frick, T. W. (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1992)

Computerized adaptive testing for NCLEX-PN - Fields, F. A. (Journal of Practical Nursing, 1992)
Fields, F AUnited statesThe Journal of practical nursingJ Pract Nurs. 1992 Jun;42(2):8-10.
Keywords: *Licensure; *Programmed Instruction; Educational Measurement/*methods; Humans; Nursing, Practical/*education

Computerized adaptive testing: Its potential substantive contribution to psychological research and assessment - Embretson, S. E. (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1992)

Computerized adaptive testing of music-related skills - Vispoel, W. P.,; Coffman, D. D. (Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1992)

Computerized adaptive testing with different groups - Legg, S. M.,; Buhr, D. C. (Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992)

Computerized adaptive testing with the MMPI-2: Reliability, validity, and comparability to paper and pencil administration - Ben-Porath, Y. S.; Roper, B. L. (Paper presented at the 27th Annual Symposium on Recent Developments in the MMPI/MMPI-2, 1992)

Computerized mastery testing with nonequivalent testlets - Sheehan, K.,; Lewis, C. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

Computerized Mastery Testing With Nonequivalent Testlets - Sheehan, K.; Lewis, C. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

Confidence in pass/fail decisions for computer adaptive and paper and pencil examinations - Bergstrom, Betty A. (Evaluation and The Health Professions, 1992)

Confidence in pass/fail decisions for computer adaptive and paper and pencil examinations - Bergstrom, Betty A. (Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992)

Confidence in pass/fail decisions for computer adaptive and paper and pencil examinations - Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, M. E. (Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992)
Compared the level of confidence in pass/fail decisions obtained with computer adaptive tests (CADTs) and pencil-and-paper tests (PPTs). 600 medical technology students took a variable-length CADT and 2 fixed-length PPTs. The CADT was stopped when the examinee ability estimate was either 1.3 times the standard error of measurement above or below the pass/fail point or when a maximum test length was reached. Results show that greater confidence in the accuracy of the pass/fail decisions was obtained for more examinees when the CADT implemented a 90% confidence stopping rule than with PPTs of comparable test length. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved).
Sage Publications, US

The development and evaluation of a system for computerized adaptive testing - de la Torre Sanchez, R. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1992)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

The development of alternative operational concepts - J. R. McBride; Curran, L. T. (1992)

Differential item functioning analysis for computer-adaptive tests and other IRT-scored measures - Zwick, R. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Military Testing Association, 1992)

The effect of review on student ability and test efficiency for computerized adaptive tests - Lunz, M. E.; Bergstrom, Betty A.; Wright, Benjamin D. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)
220 students were randomly assigned to a review condition for a medical technology test; their test instructions indicated that each item must be answered when presented, but that the responses could be reviewed and altered at the end of the test. A sample of 492 students did not have the opportunity to review and alter responses. Within the review condition, examinee ability estimates before and after review were correlated .98. The average efficiency of the test was decreased by 1% after review. Approximately 32% of the examinees improved their ability estimates after review but did not change their pass/fail status. Disallowing review on adaptive tests administered under these rules is not supported by these data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved).
Sage Publications, US

The Effect of Review on Student Ability and Test Efficiency for Computerized Adaptive Tests - Lunz, M. E.; Berstrom, B.A.; Wright, B. D. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

Effects of feedback during self-adapted testing on estimates of ability - Holst, P. M.; O’Donnell, A. M.; Rocklin, T. R. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

The effects of feedback in computerized adaptive and self-adapted tests - Roos, L. L.; Plake, B. S.; Wise, S. L. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NMCE, 1992)

Estimation of ability level by using only observable quantities in adaptive testing - Kirisci, L. (Paper presented at the annual meeting if the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

Evaluation of alternative operational concepts - J. R. McBride; Hogan, P.F. (1992)

A general Bayesian model for testlets: theory and applications (Research Report 92-21; GRE Board Professional Report No 99-01P) - Wang, X; Bradlow, E. T.; Wainer, H., (1992)

How review options and administration mode influence scores on computerized vocabulary tests - Vispoel, W. P.; Wang, T.; De la Torre, R.; Bleiler, T.; Dings, J. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1992)
#VI92-01

Improving the measurement of tonal memory with computerized adaptive tests - Vispoel, W. P. (Psychomusicology, 1992)

Incorporating post-administration item response revision into a CAT - Wang, M.; Wingersky, M. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

The influence of dimensionality on CAT ability estimation - De Ayala, R. J., (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992)

Item selection using an average growth approximation of target information functions - Luecht, RM; Hirsch, T. M. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

The Language Training Division's computer adaptive reading proficiency test - Janczewski, D.; Lowe, P. (1992)

Le testing adaptatif avec interprétation critérielle, une expérience de praticabilité du TAM pour l’évaluation sommative des apprentissages au Québec. - Auger, R. (Mesure et évaluation en éducation, 1992)

Manual for the General Scholastic Aptitude Test (Senior) Computerized adaptive test - Von Tonder, M.; Claasswn, N. C. W. (1992)

A method for severely constrained item selection in adaptive testing - Stocking, M. L.; Swanson, L. (1992)

Multidimensional CAT simulation study - Luecht, RM (1992)

The Nominal Response Model in Computerized Adaptive Testing - De Ayals, R.J. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

The nominal response model in computerized adaptive testing - De Ayala, R. J., (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992)

Practical considerations for conducting studies of differential item functioning (DIF) in a CAT environment - Miller, T. R. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

Scaling of two-stage adaptive test configurations for achievement testing - Hendrickson, A. B.; Kolen, M. J. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1992)

Some practical considerations when converting a linearly administered test to an adaptive format (Research Report 92-21 or 13?) - Wainer, H., (1992)

Student attitudes toward computer-adaptive test administration - Baghi, H; Ferrara, S. F; Gabrys, R. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

Test anxiety and test performance under computerized adaptive testing methods - Powell, Zen-Hsiu E. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1992)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

Test anxiety and test performance under computerized adaptive testing methods - Powell, Z. E. (Richmond IN: Indiana University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 334910 and/or TM018223). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1992)

An analysis of CAT-ASVAB scores in the Marine Corps JPM data (CRM- 91-161) - Divgi, D. R. (1991)

Applications of computer-adaptive testing in Maryland - Baghi, H; Gabrys, R.; Ferrara, S. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1991)

Automatic item selection (AIS) methods in the ETS testing environment (Research Memorandum 91-5) - Stocking, M. L.; Swanson, L.; Pearlman, M. (1991)

Building algebra testlets: A comparison of hierarchical and linear structures - Wainer, H.,; Lewis, C.; Kaplan, B.; Braswell, J. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991)

Collected works on the legal aspects of computerized adaptive testing - Stenson, H.; Graves, P.; Gardiner, J.; Dally, L. (1991)

Comparability of computerized adaptive and conventional testing with the MMPI-2 - Roper, B. L.; Ben-Porath, Y. S.; Butcher, J. N. (Journal of Personality Assessment, 1991)
A computerized adaptive version and the standard version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) were administered 1 week apart to a sample of 155 college students to assess the comparability of the two versions. The countdown method was used to adaptively administer Scales L, F, the I0 clinical scales, and the 15 new content scales. Profiles across administration modalities show a high degree of similarity, providing evidence for the comparability of computerized adaptive and conventional testing with the MMPI-2. Substantial item savings were found with the adaptive version. Future directions in the study of adaptive testing with the MMPI-2 are discussed.
Roper, B LBen-Porath, Y SButcher, J NUnited StatesJournal of personality assessmentJ Pers Assess. 1991 Oct;57(2):278-90.

Comparability of decisions for computer adaptive and written examinations - Lunz, M. E.; Bergstrom, Betty A. (Journal of Allied Health, 1991)

A comparison of paper-and-pencil, computer-administered, computerized feedback, and computerized adaptive testing methods for classroom achievement testing - Kuan, Tsung Hao (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1991)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

A comparison of procedures for content-sensitive item selection - Kingsbury, G. G. (Applied Measurement in Education, 1991)

A comparison of procedures for content-sensitive item selection in computerized adaptive tests - Kingsbury, G. G.; A Zara (Applied Measurement in Education, 1991)

Comparisons of computer adaptive and pencil and paper tests - Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, M. E. (1991)
Unpublished manuscript.

Computerized adaptive testing: Theory, applications, and standards - Hambleton, R. K.; Zaal, J. N.; Pieters, J. P. M. (1991)

Confidence in pass/fail decisions for computer adaptive and paper and pencil examinations - Bergstrom, B. B; Lunz, M. E. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1991)

Construction and validation of the SON-R 5-17, the Snijders-Oomen non-verbal intelligence test - Laros, J. A.; Tellegen, P. J. (1991)

Correlates of examinee item choice behavior in self-adapted testing - Johnson, J. L.; Roos, L. L.; Wise, S. L.; Plake, B. S. (Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1991)

The development and evaluation of a computerized adaptive testing system - De la Torre, R.; Vispoel, W. P. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1991)
ERIC No. ED 338 711)

Development and evaluation of hierarchical testlets in two-stage tests using integer linear programming - Lam, T. L.; Goong, Y. Y. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1991)

An empirical comparison of self-adapted and maximum information item selection - Rocklin, T. R.; O’Donnell, A. M. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1991)

Individual differences in computer adaptive testing: Anxiety, computer literacy, and satisfaction - Gershon, R. C.; Bergstrom, B. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education., 1991)

Inter-subtest branching in computerized adaptive testing - Chang, S-H. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1991)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

Patterns of alcohol and drug use among federal offenders as assessed by the Computerized Lifestyle Screening Instrument - Robinson, D.; Porporino, F. J.; Millson, W. A. (Research and Statistics Branch, Correctional Service of Canada, 1991)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing; drug abuse; substance use

A psychometric comparison of computerized and paper-and-pencil versions of the national RN licensure examination - National-Council-of-State-Boards-of-Nursing (1991)

On the reliability of testlet-based tests - Sireci, S. G.; Wainer, H.,; Thissen, D. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991)

A simulation study of some simple approaches to the study of DIF for CATs - Holland, P. W.; Zwick, R. (1991)

Some empirical guidelines for building testlets (Technical Report 91-56) - Wainer, H.,; Kaplan, B.; Lewis, C. (1991)

The use of the graded response model in computerized adaptive testing of the attitudes to science scale - Foong, Y-Y.; Lam, T-L. (annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, 1991)
The graded response model for two-stage testing was applied to an attitudes toward science scale using real-data simulation. The 48-item scale was administered to 920 students at a grade-8 equivalent in Singapore. A two-stage 16-item computerized adaptive test was developed. In two-stage testing an initial, or routing, test is followed by a second-stage testlet of greater or lesser difficulty based on performance. A conventional test of the same length as the adaptive two-stage test was selected from the 48-item pool. Responses to the conventional test, the routing test, and a testlet were simulated. The algorithm of E. Balas (1965) and the multidimensional knapsack problem of optimization theory were used in test development. The simulation showed the efficiency and accuracy of the two-stage test with the graded response model in estimating attitude trait levels, as evidenced by better results from the two-stage test than its conventional counterpart and the reduction to one-third of the length of the original measure. Six tables and three graphs are included. (SLD)

The Use of Unidimensional Parameter Estimates of Multidimensional Items in Adaptive Testing - Ackerman, T. A. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1991)

The use of unidimensional parameter estimates of multidimensional items in adaptive testing - Ackerman, T. A. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1991)

What lies ahead? Computer technology and its implications for personnel testing - J. R. McBride (Keynote address, 1991)

Adapting adaptive testing: Using the MicroCAT Testing System in a local school district - Kingsbury, G. G. (Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990)

An adaptive algebra test: A testlet-based, hierarchically structured test with validity-based scoring - Wainer, H.,; Lewis, C.; Kaplan, B,; Braswell, J. (1990)
Princeton NJ: Educational testing Service.

Adaptive designs for Likert-type data: An approach for implementing marketing research - Singh, J.; Howell, R. D.; Rhoads, G. K. (Journal of Marketing Research, 1990)

Applying computerized adaptive testing in schools - Olson, J. B (Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990)

Assessing the utility of item response models: Computerized adaptive testing - Kingsbury, G. G.; Houser, R.L. (A paper presented to the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, 1990)

A comparison of Rasch and three-parameter logistic models in computerized adaptive testing - Parker, S.B.; J. R. McBride (1990)

A comparison of three decision models for adapting the length of computer-based mastery tests - Frick, T. W. (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1990)

Computer testing: Pragmatic issues and research needs - Rudner, L. M. (Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990)
Sum 1990.

Computerized adaptive measurement of attitudes - Koch, W. R.; Dodd, B. G.; Fitzpatrick, S. J. (Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990)

Computerized adaptive music tests: A new solution to three old problems - Vispoel, W. P. (Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the Music Educators National Conference, 1990)

Computerized adaptive testing: A primer (Eds.) - Wainer, H.,; Dorans, N. J.; Flaugher, R.; Green, B. F.; Mislevy, R. J.; Steinberg, L.; Thissen, D. (1990)

The construction of customized two-staged tests - Adema, J. J. (1990)

Creating adaptive tests of musical ability with limited-size item pools - Vispoel, W. T.; Twing, J. S (1990)

Dichotomous search strategies for computerized adaptive testing - Xiao, B. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association., 1990)

The Effect of Item Selection Procedure and Stepsize on Computerized Adaptive Attitude Measurement Using the Rating Scale Model - Dodd, B. G. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990)

The effect of item selection procedure and stepsize on computerized adaptive attitude measurement using the rating scale model - Dodd, B. G. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990)
Real and simulated datasets were used to investigate the effects of the systematic variation of two major variables on the operating characteristics of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) applied to instruments consisting of poly- chotomously scored rating scale items. The two variables studied were the item selection procedure and the stepsize method used until maximum likelihood trait estimates could be calculated. The findings suggested that (1) item pools that consist of as few as 25 items may be adequate for CAT; (2) the variable stepsize method of preliminary trait estimation produced fewer cases of nonconvergence than the use of a fixed stepsize procedure; and (3) the scale value item selection procedure used in conjunction with a minimum standard error stopping rule outperformed the information item selection technique used in conjunction with a minimum information stopping rule in terms of the frequencies of nonconvergent cases, the number of items administered, and the correlations of CAT 0 estimates with full scale estimates and known 0 values. The implications of these findings for implementing CAT with rating scale items are discussed. Index terms:

The effects of variable entry on bias and information of the Bayesian adaptive testing procedure - Hankins, J. A. (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990)

An empirical study of the computer adaptive MMPI-2 - Ben-Porath, Y. S.; Roper, B. L.; Butcher, J. N. (Paper presented at the 25th Annual Symposium on recent developments in the MMPI/MMPI-2, 1990)

Future challenges - Wainer, H.,; Dorans, N. J.; Green, B. F.; Mislevy, R. J.; Steinberg, L.; Thissen, D. (1990)

Future directions for the National Council: the Computerized Adaptive Testing Project - Bouchard, J. (Issues, 1990)
911613080885-0046Journal Article
Keywords: *Computers; *Licensure; Educational Measurement/*methods; Societies, Nursing; United States

Future directions for the National Council: The Computerized Adaptive Testing Project - Bouchard, J. (1990)

Generative adaptive testing with digit span items - Wolfe, J. H.; Larson, G. E. (1990)

Illustration of computerized adaptive testing with the MMPI-2 - Roper, B. L.; Ben-Porath, Y. S.; Butcher, J. N. (Paper presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, 1990)

Important issues in CAT - Wainer, H., (1990)

Introduction and history - Wainer, H., (1990)

Item response theory, item calibration, and proficiency estimation - Wainer, H.,; Mislevy, R. J. (1990)

MusicCAT: An adaptive testing program to assess musical ability - Vispoel, W. P.; Coffman, D.; Scriven, D. (Paper presented at the ADCIS 32nd International Conference, 1990)

National Council Computerized Adaptive Testing Project Review--committee perspective - Haynes, B. (Issues, 1990)
911613110885-0046Journal Article
Keywords: *Computers; *Licensure; Educational Measurement/*methods; Feasibility Studies; Societies, Nursing; United States

Reliability and measurement precision - Thissen, D. (1990)

A research proposal for field testing CAT for nursing licensure examinations - A Zara (1990)

Sequential item response models with an ordered response - Tutz, G. (British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 1990)

A simulation and comparison of flexilevel and Bayesian computerized adaptive testing - De Ayala, R. J.,; Dodd, B. G.; Koch, W. R. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990)
Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is a testing procedure that adapts an examination to an examinee's ability by administering only items of appropriate difficulty for the examinee. In this study, the authors compared Lord's flexilevel testing procedure (flexilevel CAT) with an item response theory-based CAT using Bayesian estimation of ability (Bayesian CAT). Three flexilevel CATs, which differed in test length (36, 18, and 11 items), and three Bayesian CATs were simulated; the Bayesian CATs differed from one another in the standard error of estimate (SEE) used for terminating the test (0.25, 0.10, and 0.05). Results showed that the flexilevel 36- and 18-item CATs produced ability estimates that may be considered as accurate as those of the Bayesian CAT with SEE = 0.10 and comparable to the Bayesian CAT with SEE = 0.05. The authors discuss the implications for classroom testing and for item response theory-based CAT.
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

Software review: MicroCAT Testing System Version 3 - Patience, W. M. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990)

The stability of Rasch pencil and paper item calibrations on computer adaptive tests - Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, M. E. (Paper presented at the Midwest Objective Measurement Seminar, 1990)

Testing algorithms - Thissen, D.; Mislevy, R. J. (1990)

Testing algorithms - Wainer, H.,; Mislevy, R. J. (1990)

Test-retest consistency of computer adaptive tests. - Lunz, M. E.; Bergstrom, Betty A.; Gershon, R. C. (annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1990)

Toward a psychometrics for testlets - Wainer, H.,; Lewis, C. (Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990)

Using Bayesian decision theory to design a computerized mastery test - Lewis, C.,; Sheehan, K. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990)

Using Bayesian Decision Theory to Design a Computerized Mastery Test - Lewis, C.; Sheehan, K. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990)

Utility of predicting starting abilities in sequential computer-based adaptive tests (Research Report 90-1) - Green, B. F.; Thomas, T. J. (1990)

Validity - Steinberg, L.; Thissen, D.; Wainer, H., (1990)

Validity study in multidimensional latent space and efficient computerized adaptive testing (Final Report R01-1069-11-004-91) - Samejima, F. (1990)

What can we do with computerized adaptive testing and what we cannot do? - Laurier, M. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Regional Language Center Seminar, 1990)
ERIC No. ED 322 7829

Adaptive and conventional versions of the DAT: The first complete test battery comparison - Henly, S. J.; Klebe, K. J.; J. R. McBride; Cudeck, R. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Adaptive and Conventional Versions of the DAT: The First Complete Test Battery Comparison - Henly, S. J.; Klebe, K. J.; J. R. McBride; Cudeck, R. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Adaptive estimation when the unidimensionality assumption of IRT is violated - Folk, V.G.,; Green, B. F. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Adaptive Estimation When the Unidimensionality Assumption of IRT is Violated - Folk, V.G.; Green, B. F. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Adaptive testing: The evolution of a good idea - Reckase, M. D. (Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

Application of computerized adaptive testing to the University Entrance Exam of Taiwan, R.O.C - Hung, P-H. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1989)
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

An applied study on computerized adaptive testing - Schoonman, W. (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, 1989)
(from the cover) The rapid development and falling prices of powerful personal computers, in combination with new test theories, will have a large impact on psychological testing. One of the new possibilities is computerized adaptive testing. During the test administration each item is chosen to be appropriate for the person being tested. The test becomes tailor-made, resolving some of the problems with classical paper-and-pencil tests. In this way individual differences can be measured with higher efficiency and reliability. Scores on other meaningful variables, such as response time, can be obtained easily using computers. /// In this book a study on computerized adaptive testing is described. The study took place at Dutch Railways in an applied setting and served practical goals. Topics discussed include the construction of computerized tests, the use of response time, the choice of algorithms and the implications of using a latent trait model. After running a number of simulations and calibrating the item banks, an experiment was carried out. In the experiment a pretest was administered to a sample of over 300 applicants, followed by an adaptive test. In addition, a survey concerning the attitudes of testees towards computerized testing formed part of the design.
Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

An applied study on computerized adaptive testing - Schoonman, W. (1989)

Assessing the impact of using item parameter estimates obtained from paper-and-pencil testing for computerized adaptive testing - Kingsbury, G. G.; Houser, R.L. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, 1989)
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Bayesian adaptation during computer-based tests and computer-guided practice exercises - Frick, T. W. (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989)

CAT administrator [Computer program] - Gershon, R. C. (1989)

Commercial applications of computerized adaptive testing - J. R. McBride (C.E. Davis Chair, Computerized Adaptive Testing–Military and Commercial Developments Ten Years Later: Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association (524-529), 1989)

A comparison of an expert systems approach to computerized adaptive testing and an IRT model - Frick, T. W. (1989)

A comparison of the nominal response model and the three-parameter logistic model in computerized adaptive testing - De Ayala, R. J., (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989)

A comparison of three adaptive testing strategies using MicroCAT - Ho, R.; Hsu, T. C. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1989)
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Comparisons of paper-administered, computer-administered and computerized adaptive achievement tests - Olson, J. B; Maynes, D. D.; Slawson, D.; Ho, K (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989)
This research study was designed to compare student achievement scores from three different testing methods: paper-administered testing, computer-administered testing, and computerized adaptive testing. The three testing formats were developed from the California Assessment Program (CAP) item banks for grades three and six. The paper-administered and the computer-administered tests were identical in item content, format, and sequence. The computerized adaptive test was a tailored or adaptive sequence of the items in the computer-administered test.

A computerized adaptive mathematics screening test - J. R. McBride (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the California Educational Research Association, 1989)
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Computerized adaptive personality assessment - Waller, N. G. (1989)

Computerized adaptive tests - Grist, S.; Rudner, L. M.; Wise (1989)

A consideration for variable length adaptive tests (Research Report 89-40) - Wingersky, M. S. (1989)

Die Optimierung der Mebgenauikeit beim branched adaptiven Testen [Optimization of measurement precision for branched-adaptive testing - Kubinger, K. D. (1989)

Estimating Reliabilities of Computerized Adaptive Tests - Divgi, D. R. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Étude de praticabilité du testing adaptatif de maîtrise des apprentissages scolaires au Québec : une expérimentation en éducation économique secondaire 5 - Auger, R. (1989)
[In French]

EXSPRT: An expert systems approach to computer-based adaptive testing - Frick, T. W.; Plew, G.T.; Luk, H.-K. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1989)

Golden section search strategies for computerized adaptive testing - Xiao, B. (Paper presented at the Fifth International Objective Measurement Workshop, 1989)
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Individual differences in item selection in self adaptive testing - Rocklin, T. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1989)

The interpretation and application of multidimensional item response theory models; and computerized testing in the instructional environment: Final Report (Research Report ONR 89-2) - Reckase, M. D. (1989)
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Investigating the validity of a computerized adaptive test for different examinee groups - Buhr, D. C.; Legg, S. M. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1989)

An investigation of procedures for computerized adaptive testing using partial credit scoring - Koch, W. R.; Dodd, B. G. (Applied Measurement in Education, 1989)

Item-presentation controls for computerized adaptive testing: Content-balancing versus min-CAT (Research Report 89-1) - Thomas, T. J.; Green, B. F. (1989)

Operational Characteristics of Adaptive Testing Procedures Using the Graded Response Model - Dodd, B. G.; Koch, W. R.; De Ayala, R. J. (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Operational characteristics of adaptive testing procedures using the graded response model - Dodd, B. G.; Koch, W. R.; De Ayala, R. J., (Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989)

Procedures for selecting items for computerized adaptive tests - Kingsbury, G. G.; A Zara (Applied Measurement in Education, 1989)

Providing item feedback in computer-based tests: Effects of initial success and failure - Wise, S. L.; Plake, B. S.; et. al. (Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989)

A real-data simulation of computerized adaptive administration of the MMPI - Ben-Porath, Y. S.; Slutske, W. S.; Butcher, J. N. (Psychological Assessment, 1989)
A real-data simulation of computerized adaptive administration of the MMPI was conducted with data obtained from two personnel-selection samples and two clinical samples. A modification of the countdown method was tested to determine the usefulness, in terms of item administration savings, of several different test administration procedures. Substantial item administration savings were achieved for all four samples, though the clinical samples required administration of more items to achieve accurate classification and/or full-scale scores than did the personnel-selection samples. The use of normative item endorsement frequencies was found to be as effective as sample-specific frequencies for the determination of item administration order. The role of computerized adaptive testing in the future of personality assessment is discussed., (C) 1989 by the American Psychological Association
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Keywords: computerized adaptive testing

A research proposal for field testing CAT for nursing licensure examinations - A Zara (1989)

Some procedures for computerized ability testing - van der Linden, W. J.; Zwarts, M. A. (International Journal of Educational Research, 1989)

Tailored interviewing: An application of item response theory for personality measurement - Kamakura, W. A.,; Balasubramanian, S. K. (Journal of Personality Assessment, 1989)