Modern psychometrics and technology in educational assessment

Abstract

Education enters a new world of assessment with the advances in technology, psychometrics, and the learning sciences. Modern psychometric models have been developed in support of the development, analysis and scoring of a new generation of assessments. Technology provides solutions to many of the challenges faced by assessment programs, for instance, from computer delivery and innovative items to automated scoring, adaptive testing, automated test assembly, and providing diagnostic feedback. In the presentation, examples will be shown to demonstrate how modern psychometrics and technology can facilitate and enhance assessment. Participants will also be introduced advanced psychometric models that prepare and support the innovative assessments that take advantages of modern technology, such as, computerized adaptive assessment. Current practices, challenges, and future prospects will also be covered in the presentation.