Mathematical-Programming Approaches to Test Item Pool Design. Research Report. [Report No.: RR-02-09

Autor/inn/en	Veldkamp, Bernard P.; van der Linden, Wim J.; Ariel, Adelaide
Institution	Twente Univ., Enschede (Netherlands). Faculty of Educational Science and Technology.
Titel	Mathematical-Programming Approaches to Test Item Pool Design. Research Report. [Report No.: RR-02-09
Quelle	(2002), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adaptive Testing; Computer Assisted Testing; Item Banks; Test Construction; Test Items + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Test content; Testaufgabe
Abstract	This paper presents an approach to item pool design that has the potential to improve on the quality of current item pools in educational and psychological testing and thus to increase both measurement precision and validity. The approach consists of the application of mathematical programming techniques to calculate optimal blueprints for item pools. These blueprints can be used to guide the item-writing process. Three different types of design problems are discussed: (1) item pools for linear tests; (2) item pools for computerized adaptive testing (CAT); and (3) systems of rotating pools for CAT. The paper concludes with an empirical example of the problem of designing a system or rotating item pools for CAT. (Contains 2 tables and 22 references.) (Author/SLD)
Anmerkungen	Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. E-mail: Fox@edte.utwente.nl.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01