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Download full textWainer, Howard; Thissen, David – 1992
If examinees are permitted to choose to answer a subset of the questions on a test, just knowing which questions were chosen can provide a measure of proficiency that may be as reliable as would have been obtained from the test graded traditionally. This new method of scoring is much less time consuming and expensive for both the examinee and the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cost Effectiveness, Responses, Scoring
Peer reviewedWainer, Howard; Thissen, David – Review of Educational Research, 1994
This article summarizes results from tests that have allowed examinee choice of test items. It paints a bleak psychometric picture for the use of examinee choice within fair tests. Choice is anathema to standardized testing unless the aspects that characterize the test are irrelevant to what is being tested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
