Some Practical Considerations when Converting a Linearly Administered Test to an Adaptive Format.

Wainer, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ463439

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Publication Date: 1993

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Some Practical Considerations when Converting a Linearly Administered Test to an Adaptive Format.

Wainer, Howard

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v12 n1 p15-20 Spr 1993

Some cautions are sounded for converting a linearly administered test to an adaptive format. Four areas are identified in which practices broadly used in traditionally constructed tests can have adverse effects if thoughtlessly adopted when a test is administered in an adaptive mode. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Practices, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Items, Testing Problems, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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