Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory and Practice

. Ed(s): Linden, Wim J. van der; Glas, Cees A. W.

ISBN 10: 9048155118 / ISBN 13: 9789048155118

Published by Springer, 2010

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Editor(s): Linden, Wim J. van der; Glas, Cees A. W. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNV; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2010. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory and Practice
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048155118
• ISBN 13: 9789048155118
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Modern computer technology has opened up several new possibilities for optimizing the administration of educational and psychological tests. In computer adaptive testing (CAT), tests are automatically tailored to the proficiency level of the individual examinees. Currently, nearly all large-scale testing programs in the western world are already adaptive or in the process of becoming so. Written by active CAT researchers from Europe and North America, the chapters offer a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the theory and practice of CAT. The book can be used both as a basic reference on the state of the art in CAT and a valuable resource in graduate courses on test theory. The theoretical chapters in this book cover such topics as item selection and ability estimation, item pool development and maintenance, item calibration and model fit, and testlet-based adaptive testing. The practical chapters describe the operational aspects of existing large-scale CAT programs.