Applications of Item Response Theory to Practical Testing Problems

Lord, F. M. (1980). Applications of Item Response Theory to Practical Testing Problems.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1980

Link

https://archive.org/details/isbn_089859006matched

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• Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
  • Upon intake, each student completes an adaptive diagnostic assessment (ALEKS, MyLab Math, or Knewton) — built on item-response-theory foundations Lord (1980) developed for adaptive testing — identifying specific mastered and unmastered skills rather than generic placement.

    This sourceLawrence Erlbaum. Foundational text developing item response theory (IRT) for adaptive testing — providing the psychometric machinery underlying modern adaptive-diagnostic assessments (e.g., ALEKS, MyLab Math) used in ZPD-aligned placement.

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