ASC Research: Articles, Conferences, and Tech Reports
The following are links to some research studies and white papers from ASC psychometricians. Additionally, the CAT bibliography at IACAT is an excellent open resource for adaptive testing research.
2012
Thompson, N.A. (2012). Developing an Accredited Certification Program. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Thompson, N.A. (2012). CAT, IACAT, and the future. Keynote presentation at the Third Annual Conference of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Sydney, Australia.
Thompson, N.A. (2012). Developing an Online CAT. Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Sydney, Australia.
Thompson, N.A. (2012). Multiple cutscore computerized classification testing with the generalized likelihood ratio test. Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Sydney, Australia.
Weiss, D.J. (in press). Item Banking, Test Development, and Test Delivery. 2011 APA Handbook on Testing and Assessment, American Psychological Association.
2011
Assessment Systems Corporation (2011). A Comparison of Item Parameter Estimates from Xcalibre 4.1 and BILOG-MG. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Guyer, R., & Thompson, N.A. (2011). Item Response Theory Parameter Recovery Using Xcalibre 4.1. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Weiss, D.J. (2011). Better Data From Better Measurements Using Computerized Adaptive Testing Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 2(1), 1-23.
Weiss, D.J., & von Minden, S. (2011). Measuring Individual Growth With Conventional and Adaptive Tests. Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 2(1), 80-101.
Thompson, N.A., & Weiss, D.J. (2011). A Framework for the Development of Computerized Adaptive Tests Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 16(1). Also presented at the 2011 Innovations in Testing Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Thompson, N.A. (2011). Termination Criteria for Computerized Classification Testing. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 16(4).
ASC Item Writing Guide This document provides a brief introduction to item writing and examples of what not to do.
Thompson, N.A. (2011). Likelihood Ratio Based Computerized Classification Testing. Paper presented at the 2011 conference of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA. Previous versions presented at CLEAR 2010 and AEA-Europe 2010.
2010
Thompson, N.A. (2010). Nominal Error Rates in Computerized Classification Testing. Paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Guyer, R. (2010). Effect of theta estimation method and starting value on the recovery of theta. Paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Thompson, N.A. (2010). Adaptive Testing - Is It Right for Me?. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Thompson, N.A. (2010). Exporting Test Data from Spreadsheets. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Thompson, N.A. (2010). Why use an item banker? Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Finkelman, M., Weiss, D.J., & Kim-Kang, G. (2010). Item Selection and Hypothesis Testing for the Adaptive Measurement of Change. In press, Applied Psychological Measurement.
2009
Thompson, N.A. (2009). Item Selection in Computerized Classification Testing. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 778-793.
Thompson, N.A., Ro, S., Smith, L., & Santos, J. (2009). Innovative item types require innovative analysis. Paper presented at the National Organization for Competency Assurance Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Thompson, N.A. (2009). Utilizing the generalized likelihood ratio as a termination criterion. Presentation at the GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing, Minneapolis, MN.
Thompson, N.A. (2009). The MEDPRO Project: An SBIR Project for a Comprehensive IRT and CAT Software System — CAT Software. Presentation at the GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing, Minneapolis, MN.
Thompson, N.A. (2009). Ability estimation with item response theory. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Thompson, N.A. (2009). Classical item and test analysis with CITAS. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Kim-Kang, G., & Weiss, D.J. (2009). Comparison of Computerized Adaptive Testing and Classical Methods for Measuring Individual Change . Presentation at the GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing, Minneapolis, MN.
2008
Thompson, N.A. (2008). A proposed framework of test administration methods. Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 9(5).
Thompson, N.A. (2008). Adaptive and interactive assessments with eLearning. Learning Circuits, November 2008.
Thompson, N.A., & Weiss, D.J. (2008). Computerized and Adaptive Testing in Educational Assessment. In Scheurmann, F. (Ed.), Transition to Computer-Based Assessment: New Approaches to Skills Assessment and Implications for Large-scale Testing. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning.
Thompson, N.A., Ro, S., & Eatchel, N.S. (2008). An economic model of certification. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Organization for Competency Assurance, San Francisco, CA.
Weiss, D.J., & Kim-Kang, G. (2008). Adaptive Measurement of Individual Change. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology, 216, 49-58.
2007 and earlier
Thompson, N.A. (2007). A practitioner's guide for variable-length computerized classification testing. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 12(1).
Yoes, M. (1995). An updated comparison of micro-computer based item parameter estimation procedures used with the 3-parameter IRT model. Saint Paul, MN: Assessment Systems Corporation.
Gierl, M.J., Ackerman, T. (1996). Software Review: XCALIBRE 1.10. Applied Psychological Measurement, 12(1), 53-67.
Vale, C.D., & Gialluca, K.A. (1988). Evaluation of the efficiency of item calibration. Applied Psychological Measurement, 12(1), 53-67.
Assessment Systems Corporation. (1987). A brief introduction to computerized testing. Chapter 2 of the MicroCAT User's Manual (Second Edition). Saint Paul, MN: Author.
Vale, C.D. (1984). Measurement at the extremes of ability: A design for a computerized adaptive intelligence test. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, Canada.
