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Huitzing, Hiddo A.; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Verschoor, Angela J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2005
Several techniques exist to automatically put together a test meeting a number of specifications. In an item bank, the items are stored with their characteristics. A test is constructed by selecting a set of items that fulfills the specifications set by the test assembler. Test assembly problems are often formulated in terms of a model consisting…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Programming, Mathematics, Item Sampling
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Ariel, Adelaide; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Breithaupt, Krista – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
Computerized multistage testing (MST) designs require sets of test questions (testlets) to be assembled to meet strict, often competing criteria. Rules that govern testlet assembly may dictate the number of questions on a particular subject or may describe desirable statistical properties for the test, such as measurement precision. In an MST…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Item Banks, Psychometrics, Test Items