Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Four-year-old Pilot Shows that CAT Can Work.

Kingsbury, G. Gage; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Four-year-old Pilot Shows that CAT Can Work.

Kingsbury, G. Gage; And Others

Technological Horizons in Education, v16 n4 p73-76 Nov 1988

Explores what some deem the best way to objectively determine what a student knows. Adaptive Testing has been around since the early 1900's, but only with the advent of computers has it been effectively applied to day to day educational management. Cites a pilot study in Portland, Oregon, public schools. (MVL)

Descriptors: Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Individual Needs, Individualized Instruction, Measures (Individuals), Scoring, Test Format, Test Items, Test Theory, Test Use, Testing Programs, Tests

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