Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing and Development

Time：2018-06-13 Counts：129

Lecture Information：

☆Time: 9:30am June 19th

☆Room: 1613

☆Organizer: the Department of Educational Psychology

Presenter: Duanli Yan

Duanli Yan, PhD, is a Director of Data Analysis and Computational Research in the research and development division in ETS. Dr. Yan is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, and at Fordham University. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychometrics from Fordham University, dual Maters from Penn State University in Statistics and Operations Research. During her tenure at ETS, Dr. Yan was the statistical coordinator for the EXADEP™ test, and the TOEIC® Institutional programs, a Development Scientist for innovative research applications and a Psychometrician for several operational programs. Dr. Yan’s current resposibilities include automated scoring engines upgrade evaluations and scoring, innovative research and applications to support ETS missions.

Host: Chanjin Zheng

Dr. Chanjin Zheng is an Associate Researcher in the Department of Educational Psychology. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include education and psychometrics. Specific research topics include modeling of modern education and psychometric techniques, parameter estimation, and applications in computerized adaptive tests.

Abstract

This workshop provides a general overview of a computerized adaptive test (CAT) and multistage test (MST) design and its important concepts and processes, as well as some recent development. It covers introduction to fundamentals of CAT and MST and recent applications and development. It is based on the edited volume of Yan, von Davier, & Lewis (2014;Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications (Book by Chapman and Hall)) and on the volume of Magis, Yan, & von Davier (2017; Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R (Book by Springer)). The MST volume is structured to take the reader through all the operational aspects of the test, from the design to the post-administration analyzes. MSTGen (Han, 2013), a computer software tool for MST simulation studies, will also be introduced. MSTGen supports both conventional MST by routing mode and the new MST by shaping mode, and examples of both MST modes will be covered. The all software packages are offered at no cost (www.hantest.net).

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