Computer Adaptive Testing Lawrence M. Rudner Consultant Paper - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Computer Adaptive Testing Lawrence M. Rudner Consultant Paper - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Computer Adaptive Testing Lawrence M. Rudner Consultant Paper & Pencil 1.00 0.75 Easiness 0.50 0.25 0.00 0 5 10 15 20 Item Order Hard Ability Wrong Level Wrong Right Wrong Item Difficulty Right Right Right Right Right
0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 5 10 15 20 Easiness Item Order
Paper & Pencil
From http://www.rasch.org/memo69.pdf
Right Right Right Right Right Right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Wrong Wrong Wrong Ability Level
Item Difficulty
Hard Easy
0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 5 10 15 20 Easiness
IRT Approach
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
- 3
- 2
- 1
1 2 3 Ability Prob of a correct response 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
- 3
- 2
- 1
1 2 3 Ability Prob of a correct response
Multi-Stage Approach
- 3
- 2
- 1
1 2 3
Decision Theory Approach
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 non-master master 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 7 9
Probabi
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lity
Item Response
- nse Probabilit
abilitie ies
Non-master Master
Test Taker 111
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1]
Advantages
- Shorter tests
- Better precision
- Security ?
- Retesting
- Computer capabilities
- Examinee experience
- Motivation
Disadvantages
- Big bank
- Pretested items
- Good item statistics
- Over exposure - ?
- Security - ?
- No review ?
- Customer Care