Practical Considerations in Computer-Based Testing
Cynthia G. Parshall - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Judith A. Spray - ACT, Iowa City, IA
Tim Davey - ETS, Princeton, NJ
John Kalohn - ACT, Iowa City, IA
This book emphasizes the practical side of computer-based testing and
presents suggestions, information, and ideas for its actual
implementation. Most current references on computer-based testing either
cover the topics from a theoretical point of view or present numerous
examples of different and often disparate topics that have been assessed
using computer-based testing methods.
It assumes that the reader may have little or no experience in actually
implementing a computer-based testing program, even if knowledgeable
about the psychometrics and measurement principles that govern it. It
provides guidance and information that can be used to make wise,
informed decisions, including the type of computer-based test that should
be administered, possible cost to examinees, examinee reactions to the
test, scoring issues, computer mode effects, the development of
innovative item types, the time and cost needed to create and maintain an
item pool, and many more.
This practical emphasis will be useful to measurement professionals
responsible for implementing a computerized testing program. The
instructional information is also designed to be suitable for a
one-semester graduate course in computerized testing in an educational
measurement or quantitative methods program.
Contents
- Preface
- Considerations in Computer-Based Testing
- Issues in Test Administration and Development
- Examinee Issues
- Software Issues
- Issues in Innovative Item Types
- Computerized Fixed Tests
- Automated Test Assembly for Online Administration
- Computerized Adaptive Tests
- Computerized Classification Tests
- Item Pool Evaluation and Maintenance
- Comparison of the Test Delivery Methods
- Appendix - Basics of Item Test Theory
222 pages. 2001. Softcover.
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