Large-Scale Testing
Current Practices and New Directions
Discusses criteria typically used to evaluate large-scale testing programs; evaluates the tests in light of the criteria; and presents a new testing method that is based on computerized adaptive tests delivered over the Internet.
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- Year: 1999
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