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Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
The emergence of computerized adaptive tests (CATs), which customize assessment for each individual, may mean more efficient testing. A CAT version of the Graduate Record Examination is in production. Critics have many questions about the technique, which is based on item response theory. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Change, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Martin, John T.; And Others – 1983
A conventional verbal ability test and a Bayesian adaptive verbal ability test were compared using a variety of psychometric criteria. Tests were administered to 550 Marine recruits, half of whom received two 30-item alternate forms of a conventional test and half of whom received two 30-item alternate forms of a Bayesian adaptive test. Both types…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Individual Testing
Meisels, Samuel J.; Marsden, Dorothea B.; Wiske, Martha Stone; Henderson, Laura W. – 1997
This document includes the Early Screening Inventory: Revised (ESI-R), a developmental screening instrument for 3- to 6-year-olds, and an examiner's manual. The inventory comprises two sample scoring sheets, one for preschool (ages 3-4) and one for kindergarten (ages 4-6), and a parent questionnaire. The inventory is intended to be individually…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education