ERIC Number: ED162662
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978-Jul
Pages: 454
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Proceedings of the 1977 Computerized Adaptive Testing Conference.
Weiss, David J., Ed.
The 27 papers in this collection (26 of which were presented at the conference) are organized according to the eight topical sessions: (1) Improving Ability Measurement Using Different Item Formats, (2) Alternative Models for Adaptive Testing, (3) Psychological and Subgroup Effects, (4) Performance Testing by Interactive Simulation, (5) Implementations of Adaptive Testing, (6) Achievement/Performance Testing Viewed as a Classification Problem, (7) Achievement Testing Viewed as a Trait Measurement Problem, and (8) Computer-Based Testing as an Alternative to Paper-and-Pencil Testing. The document also includes discussions of these papers by R. Darrell Bock, Frederic Lord, Nancy Cole, Ernst Rothkopf, Richard Ferguson, Hariharan Swaminathan, and David Weiss; as well as a panel discussion entitled "Future Directions for Computerized Adaptive Testing," with presentations by Frederic Lord, Mark Reckase, Fumiko Samejima, Vern Urry, and David Weiss. Abstracts are included for each paper. (RAO)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC. Psychological Sciences Div.
Authoring Institution: Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Dept. of Psychology.
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