Abstract:
Educational assessments occasionally require uniform test forms for which each test form comprises a different set of items, but the forms meet equivalent test specificat...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Educational assessments occasionally require uniform test forms for which each test form comprises a different set of items, but the forms meet equivalent test specifications (i.e., qualities indicated by test information functions based on item response theory). We propose two maximum clique algorithms (MCA) for uniform test form assembly. The proposed methods can assemble uniform test forms with allowance of overlapping items among uniform test forms. First, we propose an exact method that maximizes the number of uniform test forms from an item pool. However, the exact method presents computational cost problems. To relax those problems, we propose an approximate method that maximizes the number of uniform test forms asymptotically. Accordingly, the proposed methods can use the item pool more efficiently than traditional methods can. We demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methods using simulated and actual data.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Jan.-March 2014)
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- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Maximum Clique Algorithm ,
- Computational Cost ,
- Number Of Tests ,
- Test For Equality ,
- Number Of Forms ,
- Item Response Theory ,
- Item Pool ,
- Uniform Test ,
- Time And Space ,
- Optimization Problem ,
- Computation Time ,
- Time Constraints ,
- Time Cost ,
- Target Value ,
- Random Method ,
- Linear Programming ,
- Qualitative Differences ,
- Formal Settings ,
- Assembly Method ,
- Item Parameters ,
- Difficulty Parameters ,
- Information Constraints ,
- Computational Time Cost ,
- Random Search ,
- Random Assembly ,
- Computational Environment ,
- Fitting Error ,
- Space Cost ,
- Computational Constraints
- Author Keywords
Keywords assist with retrieval of results and provide a means to discovering other relevant content. Learn more.
- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Maximum Clique Algorithm ,
- Computational Cost ,
- Number Of Tests ,
- Test For Equality ,
- Number Of Forms ,
- Item Response Theory ,
- Item Pool ,
- Uniform Test ,
- Time And Space ,
- Optimization Problem ,
- Computation Time ,
- Time Constraints ,
- Time Cost ,
- Target Value ,
- Random Method ,
- Linear Programming ,
- Qualitative Differences ,
- Formal Settings ,
- Assembly Method ,
- Item Parameters ,
- Difficulty Parameters ,
- Information Constraints ,
- Computational Time Cost ,
- Random Search ,
- Random Assembly ,
- Computational Environment ,
- Fitting Error ,
- Space Cost ,
- Computational Constraints
- Author Keywords