A proposed effort-guided adaptive test alleviates item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking, as shown by simulation¶
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q2 i? In a simulation study, an effort-guided adaptive test alleviated item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking. → Modeling student test-taking motivation in the context of an adaptive achievement test 2016
Evidence¶
Modeling student test-taking motivation in the context of an adaptive achievement test 2016¶
Modeling student test-taking motivation in the context of an adaptive achievement test. (2016). Journal of Educational Measurement, 53(1), 86–105. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/modeling-student-test-taking-motivation-in-the-context-of-an-adaptive-achievement-test/
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A simulation study (not a human experiment) evaluated the proposed effort-guided adaptive test and showed it could "alleviate item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking." No simulation parameters or effect sizes are printed in the available text.
"an effort‐guided adaptive test was proposed and shown by a simulation study to alleviate item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking."
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Related Claims¶
- Rapid-guessing behavior on an adaptive achievement test is inconsistent with most proposed models of unmotivated test taking except the effort-moderated model — related
- An effort-guided CAT that holds the provisional achievement estimate constant after rapid guesses reduces standard errors and ameliorates severe item mis-targeting — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Solution behavior accuracy does not decrease across item positions, contradicting decreasing effort models of unmotivated test taking — related
- Rapid-guessing behavior on an adaptive achievement test is inconsistent with an absorbing state model of unmotivated test taking — related
- Simulations of adaptive, multistage, and fixed form tests show the adaptation measures can be used operationally to identify difficulties with adaptation — related
- Effort-moderated scoring yields more accurate scores than traditional scoring on an adaptive achievement test — related
- CATs can have important advantages over conventional tests in identifying instances when examinees exhibit low effort — related
- E-M scoring leaves residual score distortion, suggesting some disengaged test responses are nonrapid rather than rapid guesses — related
- The test platform detects rapid guessing in real time and attempts to re-engage disengaged students to protect score validity — related
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A proposed effort-guided adaptive test alleviates item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking, as shown by simulation |
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A proposed effort-guided adaptive test alleviates item difficulty mistargeting caused by unmotivated test taking, as shown by simulation |
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2016 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2019 |
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