The Impact of Item Calibration Error on Variable-Length Cognitive Diagnostic Computerized Adaptive Testing

The Variable-Length Adaptive Diagnostic Testing

Sequential Estimation in Variable Length Computerized Adaptive Testing

With the advent of modern computer technology, there have been growing efforts in recent years to computerize standardized tests, including the popular Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Many of such computer-based tests are known as the computerized adaptive tests, a major feature of which is t...

Computerized Adaptive Testing With Item Cloning

To increase the number of items available for adaptive testing and reduce the cost of item writing, the use of techniques of item cloning has been proposed. An important consequence of item cloning is possible variability between the item parameters. To deal with this variability, a multilevel item response (IRT) model is presented which allows for differences between the distributions of item ...

Item Response Times in Computerized Adaptive Testing

Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) provides a score as well as item response times. However, the investigation of what additional meaning may result from response time information is of particular interest. Data from 5,912 young men on a computerized adaptive test were available. Earlier studies indicate longer response times for wrong responses. This was replicated in larger settings. However...

Towards Efficient Item Calibration in Adaptive Testing

Reliable student models are vital for the correct functioning of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. This means that diagnosis tools used to update the student models must be also reliable. Through adaptive testing, student knowledge can be inferred. The tests are based on a psychometric theory, the Item Response Theory. In this theory, each question has a function assigned that is essential for dete...