Assembling a computerized adaptive testing item pool as a set of linear tests

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-99

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a   Ariel, Adelaide ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assembling multiple test forms; Computerized adaptive testing; Item pool design; Mixed integer programming; Shadow test approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646402330     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986031001081     Document Type: Review

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