Computerized Adaptive Testing
From Inquiry to Operation
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-55798-442-5 (ISBN)
Description
Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) was first developed by the US Department of Defense in the early 1960s; it has since become a standard in vocational testing. From the original CAT research, the department created the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), now the world's largest and most-administered test battery. This text traces the history of the Department of Defense's research, development and implementation of the CAT-ASVAB and presents research on the growing areas where this type of test can be used. The CAT-ASVAB has been hailed as a battery which deals successfully with psychometric, economic and political issues. This book sets out ways of using technology to measure and encourage optimum performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55798-442-5 (9781557984425)
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Content
Introduction to ASVAB and CAT; Policy and Programme Management Perspective, R&D Laboratory Management Perspective; Technical Perspective; Research Antecedents of Applied Adaptive Testing; The Marine Corps Exploratory Development Project - 1977-1982; The Computerized Adaptive Screening Test; Preliminary Psychometric Research for CAT-ASVAB - Selecting an Adaptive Testing Strategy; Development of the Experimental CAT-ASVAB System; Validation of the experimental CAT-ASVAB System; Item Pool Development and Evaluation; Psychometric Procedures for Administering CAT-ASVAB; Item Exposure Control in CAT-ASVAB; ACAP Hardware Selection, Software Development and Acceptance Testing; Human Factors in the CAT System - A Pilot Study; Evaluating Item Calibration Medium in Computerized Adaptive Testing; Reliability and Construct Validity of CAT-ASVAB; Evaluating the Predictive Validity of CAT-ASVAB; Equating the CAT-ASVAB; CAT-ASVAB Operational Test and Evaluation; Development of a System for Nationwide Implementation; The Psychometric Comparability of Computer Hardware; CAT-ASVAB Cost and Benefit Analyses; Expanding the Content of CAT-ASVAB - New Tests and Their Validity; Dissemination of CAT-ASVAB Technology; Current and Future Challenges.