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Zhang, Yanwei; Breithaupt, Krista; Tessema, Aster; Chuah, David – Online Submission, 2006
Two IRT-based procedures to estimate test reliability for a certification exam that used both adaptive (via a MST model) and non-adaptive design were considered in this study. Both procedures rely on calibrated item parameters to estimate error variance. In terms of score variance, one procedure (Method 1) uses the empirical ability distribution…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Test Reliability, Programming, Error of Measurement
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Breithaupt, Krista; Ariel, Adelaide; Veldkamp, Bernard P. – International Journal of Testing, 2005
This article offers some solutions used in the assembly of the computerized Uniform Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) licensing examination as practical alternatives for operational programs producing large numbers of forms. The Uniform CPA examination was offered as an adaptive multistage test (MST) beginning in April of 2004. Examples of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing Programs, Programming, Mathematical Applications