scholarly journals Development of a Parent-Report Cognitive Function Item Bank Using Item Response Theory and Exploration of its Clinical Utility in Computerized Adaptive Testing

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 766-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-S. Lai ◽  
Z. Butt ◽  
F. Zelko ◽  
D. Cella ◽  
K. R. Krull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽  
Adaptive Testing ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Item Bank ◽  
Response Theory

Computerized Adaptive Testing in Poland / Komputerowe Testowanie Adaptacyjne W Polsce

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Ryszard Gmoch
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽  
Adaptive Testing ◽  
Problem Area ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Essential Questions ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Computer Based Testing

Abstract New trends relating to computer-based testing of learners’ achievements are presented in the paper. It describes adaptive testing methods and results of studies in this problem area. Essential questions connected with the Item Response Theory (IRT) were also discussed. The presented data indicate that computer-based adaptive testing should be popularized in Poland to its fullest extent.

DIA: a Computerized Adaptive Testing Tool for assessing Student Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Patrícia Nunes da Silva ◽  
Renata Cardoso Pires de Abreu ◽  
Carlos Frederico Fragoso de Barros e Vasconcellos
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽  
Adaptive Testing ◽  
Item Bank ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Testing Tool ◽  
Vertical Development

We present a computerized adaptive testing tool, termed DIA, for the assessment and provision of feedback to students from a formative evaluation perspective. We use Brazilian governmental guidelines for teaching mathematics (Brazil, 1998; Brazil, 1997) to construct a scale with goals increasingly ordered by the vertical development of mathematical knowledge. We construct a simulated item bank that meaningfully relates to our scale through the item response theory. We also analyze a feedback given by DIA.

Item response theory and computerized adaptive testing: Implications for outcomes measurement in rehabilitation.

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Ware ◽  
Barbara Gandek ◽  
Samuel J. Sinclair ◽  
Jakob B. Bjorner
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽  
Adaptive Testing ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Outcomes Measurement

scholarly journals Item Response Theory, Computerized Adaptive Testing, and PROMIS: Assessment of Physical Function

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Fries ◽  
James Witter ◽  
Matthias Rose ◽  
David Cella ◽  
Dinesh Khanna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Adaptive Testing ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Information ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Patient Reported

Objective.Patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaires record health information directly from research participants because observers may not accurately represent the patient perspective. Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is a US National Institutes of Health cooperative group charged with bringing PRO to a new level of precision and standardization across diseases by item development and use of item response theory (IRT).Methods.With IRT methods, improved items are calibrated on an underlying concept to form an item bank for a “domain” such as physical function (PF). The most informative items can be combined to construct efficient “instruments” such as 10-item or 20-item PF static forms. Each item is calibrated on the basis of the probability that a given person will respond at a given level, and the ability of the item to discriminate people from one another. Tailored forms may cover any desired level of the domain being measured. Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) selects the best items to sharpen the estimate of a person’s functional ability, based on prior responses to earlier questions. PROMIS item banks have been improved with experience from several thousand items, and are calibrated on over 21,000 respondents.Results.In areas tested to date, PROMIS PF instruments are superior or equal to Health Assessment Questionnaire and Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 Survey legacy instruments in clarity, translatability, patient importance, reliability, and sensitivity to change.Conclusion.Precise measures, such as PROMIS, efficiently incorporate patient self-report of health into research, potentially reducing research cost by lowering sample size requirements. The advent of routine IRT applications has the potential to transform PRO measurement.

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