Elements of Adaptive Testing

The arrival of the computer in educational and psychological testing has led to the current popularity of adaptive testing---a testing format in which the computer uses statistical information about the test items to automatically adapt their selection to a real-time update of the test taker’s ability estimate. This book covers such key features of adaptive testing as item selection and ability estimation, adaptive testing with multidimensional abilities, sequencing adaptive test batteries, multistage adaptive testing, item-pool design and maintenance, estimation of item and item-family parameters, item and person fit, as well as adaptive mastery and classification testing. It also shows how these features are used in the daily operations of several large-scale adaptive testing programs.

The arrival of the computer in educational and psychological testing has led to the current popularity of adaptive testing---a testing format in which the computer uses statistical information about the test items to automatically adapt their selection to a real-time update of the test taker’s ability estimate. This book covers such key features of adaptive testing as item selection and ability estimation, adaptive testing with multidimensional abilities, sequencing adaptive test batteries, multistage adaptive testing, item-pool design and maintenance, estimation of item and item-family parameters, item and person fit, as well as adaptive mastery and classification testing. It also shows how these features are used in the daily operations of several large-scale adaptive testing programs.

ITEM SELECTION AND ABILITY ESTIMATION.- Item Selection and Ability Estimation in Adaptive Testing.- Constrained Adaptive Testing with Shadow Tests.- Principles of Multidimensional Adaptive Testing.- Multidimensional Adaptive Testing with Kullback#x2013;Leibler Information Item Selection.- Sequencing an Adaptive Test Battery.- APPLICATIONS IN LARGE-SCALE TESTING PROGRAMS.- Adaptive Tests for Measuring Anxiety and Depression.- MATHCAT: A Flexible Testing System in Mathematics Education for Adults.- Implementing the Graduate Management Admission Test Computerized Adaptive Test.- Designing and Implementing a Multistage Adaptive Test: The Uniform CPA Exam.- A Japanese Adaptive Test of English as a Foreign Language: Developmental and Operational Aspects.- ITEM POOL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.- Innovative Items for Computerized Testing.- Designing Item Pools for Adaptive Testing.- Assembling an Inventory of Multistage Adaptive Testing Systems.- ITEM CALIBRATION AND MODEL FIT.- Item Parameter Estimation and Item Fit Analysis.- Estimation of the Parameters in an Item-Cloning Model for Adaptive Testing.- Detecting Person Misfit in Adaptive Testing.- The Investigation of Differential Item Functioning in Adaptive Tests.- MULTISTAGE AND MASTERY TESTING.- Multistage Testing: Issues, Designs, and Research.- Three-Category Adaptive Classification Testing.- Testlet-Based Adaptive Mastery Testing.- Adaptive Mastery Testing Using a Multidimensional IRT Model.