Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications

The book "Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications" discusses the methodologies, underlying technology, and implementation aspects of multistage testing (MST) for evaluating educational achievement. It covers test design, item pool development, IRT-based and classical test theory-based methodologies, equating, test security, and existing software. The book is intended for psychologists, social scientists, and educational measurement scientists and provides a unified source of information on the design, psychometrics, implementation, and operational use of MST. It was awarded the 2016 AERA Award for Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 542 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Evaluating a nation's educational status and implementing effective educational reforms necessitates a delicate balance among the contributions of technology, psychometrics, test design, and the learning sciences. Unlike other forms of adaptive testing, multistage testing (MST) is exceptionally well-suited for assessing educational achievement due to its adaptability to educational surveys and student testing.

Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications delves into the methodologies, underlying technology, and implementation aspects of this type of test design. The book explores current scientific perspectives and practical considerations for each step involved in setting up an MST program. It covers the history of MST, test design and implementation for various purposes, item pool development and maintenance, IRT-based and classical test theory-based methodologies for test assembly, routing and scoring, equating, test security, and existing software. It also examines current research, existing operational programs, and innovative future assessments using MST.

Intended for psychologists, social scientists, and educational measurement scientists, this volume offers the first comprehensive source of information on the design, psychometrics, implementation, and operational use of MST. It demonstrates how to apply theoretical statistical tools to testing in novel and useful ways. It also explains how to explicitly tie the assumptions made by each model to observable (or at least inferable) data conditions.

Winner of the 2016 AERA Award for Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology, the 2016 American Education Research Association (AERA) Div. D award committee for Significant Contributions to Educational Measurement and Research Meth.

Weight: 1000g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032477381