@article {399,
	title = {Equating scores from adaptive to linear tests},
	journal = {Applied Psychological Measurement},
	volume = {30},
	number = {6},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {493-508},
	publisher = {Sage Publications: US},
	abstract = {Two local methods for observed-score equating are applied to the problem of equating an adaptive test to a linear test. In an empirical study, the methods were evaluated against a method based on the test characteristic function (TCF) of the linear test and traditional equipercentile equating applied to the ability estimates on the adaptive test for a population of test takers. The two local methods were generally best. Surprisingly, the TCF method performed slightly worse than the equipercentile method. Both methods showed strong bias and uniformly large inaccuracy, but the TCF method suffered from extra error due to the lower asymptote of the test characteristic function. It is argued that the worse performances of the two methods are a consequence of the fact that they use a single equating transformation for an entire population of test takers and therefore have to compromise between the individual score distributions. },
	keywords = {computerized adaptive testing, equipercentile equating, local equating, score reporting, test characteristic function},
	isbn = {0146-6216 (Print)},
	author = {van der Linden, W. J.}
}
@article {418,
	title = {Mathematical-programming approaches to test item pool design},
	number = {RR 02-09},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Using Smart Source ParsingAdvances in psychology research, Vol. ( Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc, [URL:http://www.Novapublishers.com]. vi, 228 pp},
	pages = {93-108},
	institution = {University of Twente, Faculty of Educational Science and Technology},
	address = {Twente, The Netherlands},
	abstract = {(From the chapter) This paper presents an approach to item pool design that has the potential to improve on the quality of current item pools in educational and psychological testing and hence to increase both measurement precision and validity. The approach consists of the application of mathematical programming techniques to calculate optimal blueprints for item pools. These blueprints can be used to guide the item-writing process. Three different types of design problems are discussed, namely for item pools for linear tests, item pools computerized adaptive testing (CAT), and systems of rotating item pools for CAT. The paper concludes with an empirical example of the problem of designing a system of rotating item pools for CAT.},
	keywords = {Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted, Computer Programming, Educational Measurement, Item Response Theory, Mathematics, Psychometrics, Statistical Rotation computerized adaptive testing, Test Items, Testing},
	isbn = {02-09},
	author = {Veldkamp, B. P. and van der Linden, W. J. and Ariel, A.}
}
