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Download full textWeiss, David J. – 1983
During 1975-1979 this research into the potential of computerized adaptive testing to reduce errors in the measurement of human capabilities used Marine recruits for a live-testing validity comparison of computerized adaptive and conventional tests. The program purposes were to: (1) identify the most useful computer-based adaptive testing…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Adults, Bayesian Statistics
Cliff, Norman; And Others – 1978
The research from a four-year project of implied orders tailored testing is summarized. The method of implied orders testing combines the principles of ordinal measurement with the concept of the Guttman scale as an ideal. The basic principle for dichotomous items is that either an item is missed and "dominates" a person or it is answered…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Career Development, Computer Assisted Testing, Group Testing
Koretz, Daniel – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1988
Student test scores are increasingly used to judge the competence of the educational enterprise. Exaggeration of scores is the result of directing attention away from the individual student achievement to the average scores of schools, districts, and states. Implications and recommendations are discussed. (BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boards of Education, Educational Testing
