Balancing Flexible Constraints and Measurement Precision in Computerized Adaptive Testing

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 629-648

  Moyer, Eric L ^a,b   Galindo, Jennifer L ^a   Dodd, Barbara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; computer adaptive testing; computer based testing; content balancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863568901     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164411431838     Document Type: Article

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