TY - CHAP T1 - The nine lives of CAT-ASVAB: Innovations and revelations Y1 - 2009 A1 - Pommerich, M A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. AB - The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is administered annually to more than one million military applicants and high school students. ASVAB scores are used to determine enlistment eligibility, assign applicants to military occupational specialties, and aid students in career exploration. The ASVAB is administered as both a paper-and-pencil (P&P) test and a computerized adaptive test (CAT). CAT-ASVAB holds the distinction of being the first large-scale adaptive test battery to be administered in a high-stakes setting. Approximately two-thirds of military applicants currently take CAT-ASVAB; long-term plans are to replace P&P-ASVAB with CAT-ASVAB at all test sites. Given CAT-ASVAB’s pedigree—approximately 20 years in development and 20 years in operational administration—much can be learned from revisiting some of the major highlights of CATASVAB history. This paper traces the progression of CAT-ASVAB through nine major phases of development including: research and evelopment of the CAT-ASVAB prototype, the initial development of psychometric procedures and item pools, initial and full-scale operational implementation, the introduction of new item pools, the introduction of Windows administration, the introduction of Internet administration, and research and development of the next generation CATASVAB. A background and history is provided for each phase, including discussions of major research and operational issues, innovative approaches and practices, and lessons learned. CY - In D. J. Weiss (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2009 GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing. N1 - {PDF File, 169 KB} ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Development of the computerized adaptive testing version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Y1 - 1999 A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. CY - F. Drasgow and J. Olson-Buchanan (Eds.). Innovations in computerized assessment. Mahwah NJ: Erlbaum. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - CAT-ASVAB operational test and evaluation Y1 - 1997 A1 - Moreno, K. E. CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and . R. McBride (Eds.), Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation (pp. 199-205). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Current and future challenges Y1 - 1997 A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and J. R. McBride (Eds.). Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation (pp 257-269). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Item pool development and evaluation Y1 - 1997 A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Hetter, D. H. CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and J. R. McBride (Eds.), Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation (pp. 117-130). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Psychometric procedures for administering CAT-ASVAB Y1 - 1997 A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Bloxom, B. M. A1 - Hetter, R. D. CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and J. R. McBride (Eds.), Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation (pp. 131-140). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Reliability and construct validity of CAT-ASVAB Y1 - 1997 A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Segall, O. D. CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and J. R. McBride (Eds.). Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation (pp. 169-179). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Validation of the experimental CAT-ASVAB system Y1 - 1997 A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Kieckhaefer, W. F. A1 - Vicino, F. L. A1 - J. R. McBride CY - W. A. Sands, B. K. Waters, and J. R. McBride (Eds.), Computerized adaptive testing: From inquiry to operation. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ER - TY - CONF T1 - Validity of adaptive testing: A summary of research results T2 - Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Y1 - 1985 A1 - Sympson, J. B. A1 - Moreno, K. E. JF - Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. N1 - #SY85-01 ER - TY - CONF T1 - A validity study of the computerized adaptive testing version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery T2 - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association Y1 - 1985 A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Segall, D. O. A1 - Kieckhaefer, W. F. JF - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship Between Corresponding Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Subtests JF - Applied Psychological Measurement Y1 - 1984 A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Wetzel, C. D. A1 - J. R. McBride A1 - Weiss, D. J. VL - 8 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between corresponding Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and computerized adaptive testing (CAT) subtests JF - Applied Psychological Measurement Y1 - 1984 A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Wetzel, C. D. A1 - J. R. McBride A1 - Weiss, D. J. KW - computerized adaptive testing AB - Investigated the relationships between selected subtests from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and corresponding subtests administered as computerized adaptive tests (CATs), using 270 17-26 yr old Marine recruits as Ss. Ss were administered the ASVAB before enlisting and approximately 2 wks after entering active duty, and the CAT tests were administered to Ss approximately 24 hrs after arriving at the recruit depot. Results indicate that 3 adaptive subtests correlated as well with ASVAB as did the 2nd administration of the ASVAB, although CAT subtests contained only half the number of items. Factor analysis showed CAT subtests to load on the same factors as the corresponding ASVAB subtests, indicating that the same abilities were being measured. It is concluded that CAT can achieve the same measurement precision as a conventional test, with half the number of items. (16 ref) VL - 8 N1 - Sage Publications, US ER - TY - ABST T1 - Relationship between corresponding Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and computerized adaptive testing (CAT) subtests (TR 83-27) Y1 - 1983 A1 - Moreno, K. E. A1 - Wetzel, D. C. A1 - J. R. McBride A1 - Weiss, D. J. CY - San Diego CA: Navy Personnel Research and Development Center ER -