1996
DOI: 10.1016/0346-251x(95)00051-k
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From conventional to computer-adaptive testing of ESL reading comprehension

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“…The SE stopping rule has been used successfully in a number of applications using computer-adaptive testing, including tests of reading comprehension in individuals with English as a second language (Lilley, Barker & Britten, 2004;Young, Shermis, Brutten & Perkins, 1996) and subjective judgments to evaluate health outcomes (Cook, Roddey, O'Malley & Gartsman, 2005;Dijkers, 2003).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The SE stopping rule has been used successfully in a number of applications using computer-adaptive testing, including tests of reading comprehension in individuals with English as a second language (Lilley, Barker & Britten, 2004;Young, Shermis, Brutten & Perkins, 1996) and subjective judgments to evaluate health outcomes (Cook, Roddey, O'Malley & Gartsman, 2005;Dijkers, 2003).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The mechanisms behind CAT that create shorter but more accurate tests, as can be expected, attracted the attention of language testers from the 1980s throughout the 1990s (Chalhoub-Deville, 2001). Accordingly, during the 1990s, a number of studies reported the development of CATs (e.g., Brown & Iwashita, 1996;Young, Shermis, Brutten, & Perkins, 1996). The interest in CAT supposedly peaked around the turn of the century when two widely cited books on CAT Wainer et al, 2000) and their review articles (Fulcher, 2000;Norris, 2001) were published.…”
Section: Computerized Adaptive Testingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7. ESL reading comprehension (Young, Shermis, Brutten and Perkins 1996) The purpose of this CAT is to assess test takers' reading comprehension as they move from one level to the next in a four-course ESL program at Southern Illinois University. The CAT was converted from a battery of four P&P tests and includes variable-length reading passages on diverse topics.…”
Section: Dutch Reading Proficiency Catmentioning
confidence: 99%