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ERIC Number: EJ1487175
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0655
EISSN: EISSN-1745-3984
Available Date: 2024-06-06
Utilizing Response Time for Item Selection in On-the-Fly Multistage Adaptive Testing for PISA Assessment
Xiuxiu Tang1; Yi Zheng2; Tong Wu3; Kit-Tai Hau4; Hua-Hua Chang5
Journal of Educational Measurement, v62 n3 p468-495 2025
Multistage adaptive testing (MST) has been recently adopted for international large-scale assessments such as Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). MST offers improved measurement efficiency over traditional nonadaptive tests and improved practical convenience over single-item-adaptive computerized adaptive testing (CAT). As a third alternative adaptive test design to MST and CAT, Zheng and Chang proposed the "on-the-fly multistage adaptive testing" (OMST), which combines the benefits of MST and CAT and offsets their limitations. In this study, we adopted the OMST design while also incorporating response time (RT) in item selection. Via simulations emulating the PISA 2018 reading test, including using the real item attributes and replicating PISA 2018 reading test's MST design, we compared the performance of our OMST designs against the simulated MST design in (1) measurement accuracy of test takers' ability, (2) test time efficiency and consistency, and (3) expected gains in precision by design. We also investigated the performance of OMST in item bank usage and constraints management. Results show great potential for the proposed RT-incorporated OMST designs to be used for PISA and potentially other international large-scale assessments.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Notre Dame; 2Arizona State University; 3Amazon Web Services; 4The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 5Purdue University