利用Rasch模型，本书系统介绍了如何将P-最优化题库设计法创造性地运用到大型多阶段计算机考试题库的设计与应用中。本书系统探讨了教育实践中常用的四种大型多阶段计算机考试试题组合模式，并探讨在不同条件下最优化题库的设计和应用情况。本书的目的在于开发大型多阶段自适应考试最优化题库以支撑不同阶段类型试题的自适应选择，促进多阶段自适应试题的组合，提高教育测量的精度和准确度，为计算机自适应考试和计算机化考试题库的设计和应用提供了借鉴。

杨丽红，博士，硕士生导师，山东建筑大学外国语学院教师。1999年获山东大学语言学与应用语言学硕士学位，同年任教于山东大学外国语学院。2016年获美国密歇根州立大学教育测量与量化方法哲学博士学位。曾参与美国国家科学基金会和美国国立卫生研究院等机构的研究项目，并在国外大型考试公司从事大规模计算机化考试、多阶段计算机自适应考试的开发和试测工作。研究方向为测试理论与实践。现主持山东省教育科学“十四五”规划课题一项，主编、参编教材和教辅多部，在《山东外语教学》、Educationaland Psychological Measurement、Frontiers of Education in China 等国内外重要学术期刊上发表论文多篇。

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Chapter 1 An Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.4 Organization of This Book
Chapter 2 An Overview of Computerized Adaptive Multistage Testing
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Background of Test Designs in MST
2.2.1 IRT Models
2.2.2 Item and Test Information
2.3 MST Components
2.3.1 Modules
2.3.2 Pathways
2.3.3 Panels
2.3.4 Stages
2.4 MST Research
2.4.1 MST Test Designs
2.4.2 Practical Constraints in Item Selection
2.4.3 Routing Rules
2.4.4 Test Assembly
2.4.5 Ability Estimation
2.4.6 Item Pool Design
2.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Test Development and Optimal Item Pool Design in a Simulated MST
3.1 Introduction
3.2 MST Development
3.2.1 MST Panel Designs and Test Configurations
3.2.2 Routing
3.2.3 Exposure Control
3.2.4 Test Assembly
3.3 Optimal Item Pool Design
3.4 Evaluation Criteria of Optimal Item Pools
3.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Procedures of Designing Optimal Item Pools in a Simulated MST
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Simulation Study
4.3 Results From the Simulation Study
4.3.1 Results From the Optimal Item Pools
4.3.2 Results From Different MST Panel Designs
4.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Optimal Item Pool Design in an Operational MST Context
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Procedures of Optimal Item Pool Design in a Licensure MST
5.3 Results From the Optimal Item Pool Design in a Licensure MST
5.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Summary of the Study Results
6.3 Discussion of the Study Results
6.4 Implications From the Study
6.5 Limitations and Future Recommendations
References
Postscript