01081nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008400041210006900125300001200194490000700206520056600213100001600779700001700795700001300812856011000825       2008                        eng d00aModern sequential analysis and its application to computerized adaptive testing0 aModern sequential analysis and its application to computerized a  a473-4860 v733 aAfter a brief review of recent advances in sequential analysis involving sequential generalized likelihood ratio tests, we discuss their use in psychometric testing and extend the asymptotic optimality theory of these sequential tests to the case of sequentially generated experiments, of particular interest in computerized adaptive testing.We then show how these methods can be used to design adaptive mastery tests, which are asymptotically optimal and are also shown to provide substantial improvements over currently used sequential and fixed length tests.1 aBartroff, J1 aFinkelman, M1 aLai, T L  uhttp://www.iacat.org/content/modern-sequential-analysis-and-its-application-computerized-adaptive-testing