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Peer reviewedGreen, Kathy – Journal of Experimental Education, 1979
Reliabilities and concurrent validities of teacher-made multiple-choice and true-false tests were compared. No significant differences were found even when multiple-choice reliability was adjusted to equate testing time. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format
Download full textGraham, Darol L. – 1974
The adequacy of a test developed for statewide assessment of basic mathematics skills was investigated. The test, comprised of multiple-choice items reflecting a series of behavioral objectives, was compared with a more extensive criterion measure generated from the same objectives by the application of a strict item sampling model. In many…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Item Sampling
Peer reviewedWainer, Howard; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
Computer simulations were run to measure the relationship between testlet validity and factors of item pool size and testlet length for both adaptive and linearly constructed testlets. Making a testlet adaptive yields only modest increases in aggregate validity because of the peakedness of the typical proficiency distribution. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Direct linkChen, Shu-Ying; Ankenman, Robert D. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2004
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of four item selection rules--(1) Fisher information (F), (2) Fisher information with a posterior distribution (FP), (3) Kullback-Leibler information with a posterior distribution (KP), and (4) completely randomized item selection (RN)--with respect to the precision of trait estimation and the…
Descriptors: Test Length, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Selection
De Ayala, R. J. – 1992
One important and promising application of item response theory (IRT) is computerized adaptive testing (CAT). The implementation of a nominal response model-based CAT (NRCAT) was studied. Item pool characteristics for the NRCAT as well as the comparative performance of the NRCAT and a CAT based on the three-parameter logistic (3PL) model were…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Kim, Haeok; Plake, Barbara S. – 1993
A two-stage testing strategy is one method of adapting the difficulty of a test to an individual's ability level in an effort to achieve more precise measurement. A routing test provides an initial estimate of ability level, and a second-stage measurement test then evaluates the examinee further. The measurement accuracy and efficiency of item…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Bejar, Isaac I.; And Others – 1977
Information provided by typical and improved conventional classroom achievement tests was compared with information provided by an adaptive test covering the same subject matter. Both tests were administered to over 700 college students in a general biology course. Using the same scoring method, adaptive testing was found to yield substantially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Biology
