Item Banking: Interactive Testing and Self-Assessment

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Assessment has long been recognized as a key feature in learning efficacy, especially through formative evaluation. Item banking, the storage and

classification of test items, is an essential part of systematic

assessment. This volume is based on a NATO Advanced Research

Workshop held as part of the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The workshop brought together scholars from around the world to discuss and critically analyze the issues and problems associated with

Subjective Probability Measurement (SPM) or the more generic

research area called self-assessment. Recent advances in

computer technology (expert systems, interactive video disks,

and hypermedia) along with the developing sophistication

of self-assessment scoring systems based on SPM made this conference

particularly important and timely. The book is divided into three main

parts: - The input: item banking and hypermedia - The process:

subjective probabilities - The output: teaching and learning

feedbacks. In summary, although SPM is a difficult theoretical

concept for most educators to comprehend, the sophisticated nature of
modern computer systems coupled with comprehensive formative and summative evaluation and self-assessment systems make SPM transparent to the user.