Computerized Adaptive Testing - CAT Components

CAT Components

There are five technical components in building a CAT (the following is adapted from Weiss & Kingsbury, 1984 ). This list does not include practical issues, such as item pretesting or live field release.

  1. Calibrated item pool
  2. Starting point or entry level
  3. Item selection algorithm
  4. Scoring procedure
  5. Termination criterion

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