Variations in adaptive testing and their online leverage points

Online Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation: Emerging Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 180-202

  Levy, Roy ^a   Behrens, John T ^b   Mislevy, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

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EID: 67649318788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-747-8.ch011     Document Type: Chapter

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