An Adaptive Assessment System to Evaluate Student Ability Level

: The experience from years of development and use, the advance of technology, and the development of authoring tools for questions and tests has resulted in a sophisticated, computer based assessment system. However, there is still a lot of room for further development. Some of the current ideas for development are discussed in the remainder of this work. A primary aim of assessment, both formative and summative, is provide the necessary information to improve future educational experiences because it provides feedback on whether the course and learning objectives have been achieved to satisfactory level. Yet, it is important that the assessment data be accurate and relevant to effectively make informed decisions about the curriculum. Moreover, formative assessment can also be used to help bridge the gap between assessment and learning. This may be achieved particularly where assessment strategies are combined with useful feedback, and integrated within the learning process. The answe...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: IFIP12
• Authors: Antonella Carbonaro, Giorgio Casadei, Simone Riccucci
• Keywords: Adaptive Testing, Assessment, Computerized Adaptive Testing, IFIP12 2004, IFIP12 2007