Response acceleration occurs in adaptive testing: response time is reduced for responses occurring later in the assessment¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Response time is reduced for responses that occur later in the assessment (response acceleration). → Domingue 2021

Evidence¶

Domingue 2021¶

Domingue, B., Kanopka, K., Staug, B., Soland, J., Kuhfeld, M., Wise, S., & Piech, C. (2021). Variation in respondent speed and its implications: Evidence from an adaptive testing scenario. Journal of Educational Measurement, 58(3), 335-363. doi:10.1111/jedm.12291

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Large-scale empirical analysis of response time data from the adaptive NWEA MAP Growth Reading Assessment identifies "response acceleration" as one of two emergent behaviors; the abstract states it is "a reduction in response time for responses that occur later in the assessment."

"The first, response acceleration, is a reduction in response time for responses that occur later in the assessment."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Response acceleration is heterogeneous by ability: lower ability estimates are associated with larger increases in acceleration — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Response-time reductions lead to lower accuracy relative to expectation for lower ability students — related
• Rapid-guessing behavior occurs on only about 1% of item responses in a commercially available low-stakes assessment — related
• Post-error slowing occurs in the 2-back condition despite absence of feedback — related