Evaluation parameters for computer-adaptive testing

Authors: Georgiadou, Elisabeth¹; Triantafillou, Evangelos²; Economides, Anastasios A.¹

Source: British Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 37, Number 2, March 2006 , pp. 261-278(18)

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Abstract:

With the proliferation of computers in test delivery today, adaptive testing has become quite popular, especially when examinees must be classified into two categories (pass/fail, master/nonmaster). Several well-established organisations have provided standards and guidelines for the design and evaluation of educational and psychological testing. The purpose of this paper was not to repeat the guidelines and standards that exist in the literature but to identify and discuss the main evaluation parameters for a computer-adaptive test (CAT). A number of parameters should be taken into account when evaluating CAT. Key parameters include utility, validity, reliability, satisfaction, usability, reporting, administration, security, and thoseassociated with adaptivity, item pool, and psychometric theory. These parameters are presented and discussed below and form a proposed evaluation model, Evaluation Model of Computer-Adaptive Testing.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00525.x

Affiliations: 1: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 2: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki