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ERIC ED200612: Adaptive Mental Testing: The State of the Art. |
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In an adaptive test, the test administrator chooses test |
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items sequentially during the test, in such a way as to |
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adapt test difficulty to examinee ability as shown during |
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testing. An effectively designed adaptive test can |
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resolve the dilemma inherent in conventional test design. |
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By tailoring tests to individuals, the adaptive test can |
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approximately achieve the high point precision of a |
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peaked test and can extend that high level of precision |
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over the wide range of a uniform test. As a result, a |
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well-constructed adaptive test should be more broadly |
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applicable than a conventional test of comparable item |
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quality and test length, since its precision |
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characteristics make it useful for classification about |
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one or many cutting points, as well as for measurement |
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over a wide range. This paper defines adaptive mental |
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testing in relation to conventional mental testing, |
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outlines the major research issues in adaptive mental |
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testing, and reviews the state of the art for each of the |
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research issues. The research issues are: (1) |
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psychometric theory; (2) design of adaptive tests; (3) |
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scoring adaptive tests; (4) the testing medium; (5) item |
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pool development; and (6) advances in measurement |
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technology. (Author/RL) |
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Date Published: 2015-01-23 19:15:02 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED200612 |
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Item Size: 60048129 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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