Adaptive Testing in Practice

Abstract Testing as such is important for diagnostics and evaluation. It is used as feedback by both the pedagogues and the ones being tested. The more a teacher learns from the test results, the better is their chance to correct, clarify, or modify the test itself; i.e. to carry out the changes in their instruction or the education process. The more a student learns from the test, the better is their chance to thoroughly learn and master information, and to clarify problematic issues of a particular curriculum. Moreover, their motivation to further study is growing as they deal with more demanding tasks. Adaptive testing carried out in a suitable LMS offers such possibilities. This paper is aimed at the introduction of basic principles and rules of computerized adaptive testing. Moreover, it provides information about the process and results of computerized adaptive testing, which was experimentally carried out on the sample of 53 ninth-grade pupils at the Porubská elementary school in Ostrava.