The development of an integrated system for the storage of items and the construction and analysis of tests is described. The system is being developed both as a general facility for the Dutch Institute of Educa tional Measurement and as a support system for the use and maintenance of item banks in schools. The methodology of developing the system is described with attention to the system architecture and to the re sults of the first stage of the system development.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Bemelmans, T.M.A. (1984). Bestuurlijke informatiesystemen en automatisering [Administrative information systems and data processing]. Leiden, The Netherlands: Stenfert Kroese.
2.
Goldstein, H. (1980). Dimensionality, bias, interdependence and measurement scale problems in latent trait test score models. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 33, 234-246.
3.
Harnisch, D.L., & Tatsuoka, K.K. (1983). A comparison of appropriateness indices based on item response theory. In R. K. Hambleton (Ed.), Applications of item response theory (pp. 104-122). Vancouver BC: Educational Research Institute of British Columbia.
4.
Lord, F.M. (1980). Application of item response theory to practical testing problems. Hillsdale NJ: Erlbaum.
5.
Lundeberg, M., Goldkuhl, G., & Nilsson, A. (1981). Information systems development: A systematic approach. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall.
6.
Masters, G.N., & Wright, B.D. (1984). The essential process in a family of measurement models. Psychometrika, 49, 529-544.
7.
Rumelhart, D.E., & Ortony, A. (1977). The representation of knowledge in memory. In R. C. Anderson, R. J. Spiro, & W. E. Montagu (Eds.), Schooling and the acquisition of knowledge. Hillsdale NJ: Erlbaum.
