A new paper from an assessment expert cautions the state consortia that are designing common tests that while computer-based and computer-adaptive testing offer the possibility of improving assessment ...

Item banks and Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) have the potential to greatly improve the assessment of health outcomes. This review describes the unique features of item banks and CAT and ...

Item Response Theory (IRT) has emerged as a pivotal framework for the measurement and analysis of latent traits in educational and psychological assessments. By modelling the probability that a ...

Most educators today would agree that the mission of our profession has become more complex and much more challenging than ever before. Changes in district demographics, societal pressures that ...

This empirical study was designed to determine the impact of computerized adaptive test (CAT) administration formats on student performance. Students in medical technology programs took a ...

When Delaware switched to computer-adaptive testing for its state assessments three years ago, officials found the results were available more quickly, the amount of time students spent taking tests ...

LINCOLN — Nebraska is breaking with its academic testing contractor and heading in a new direction. The state will use computer-adaptive testing to evaluate math, English language arts and science ...