THE ROLE OF ITEM FEEDBACK IN SELF-ADAPTED TESTING

Previous research has shown self-adapted testing to be a promising alt ernative to computerized adaptive testing. The present study looked at the importance of item feedback in self-adapted testing. Computerized adaptive tests and self-adapted tests were compared under both feedba ck and no-feedback conditions. The self-adapted tests yielded higher t est performance and lower anxiety than the computerized adaptive tests regardless of feedback condition These findings indicate that item fe edback is not necessary for the score differences between self-adapted testing and computerized adaptive testing to be realized.