Abstract:
Adaptive item generation may be the next innovation in intelligence testing.
In adaptive item generation, the optimally informative item is developed anew for the examinee during the test. Reminiscent of computer versus person chess games, the computer generates the next item based on the
previous pattern of the examinee's responses. Adaptive item generation
requires the merger of two lines of research, psychometric methods for
adaptive testing and a cognitive analysis of items.