Method for automation of dynamic test item collection and assessment

Abstract

Keywords: computer assisted test, test assessment, test collection, distant learning. The main problem with the network test base system is that there are neither sufficiently many nor good enough test items. To satisfy these two points, there must be more test item resources and a mechanism for assessing test items to determine whether a test item should stay in the test base. The present invention provides a method for automation of dynamic test item collection and assessment, which allows teacher and students to contribute test items to the test base and each independently managed test base can share test items. This can make the test base rapidly grow and expand the size of a test base. The more independent the student are, the higher the applicability of this method is. For assessing the quality of a test item, the present invention modifies a conventional internal consistency analysis, which can immediately change the discriminations of the test items once a student finishes the test, but does not need to wait until all students finish the test like all traditional assessment analysis. This method is called the dynamic weighted internal consistency analysis.

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