Questions and thoughts 2011/02/11

Q1.How to let the CAT Taiwan version communicate with CAT developed by other countries.

1. In item level, we can at first compare the items between Taiwan version and the others in terms of item description. Secondly, we can compare the difficulty of items with similar description. By doing these two comparisons, we can understand the difference between Taiwan and other countries and which items are culturally sensitive. 
2. In domain level, by comparing the domains constructed in Taiwan and those formed in other countries, we can understand the pros and cons of our concept model. These communication also give the clues of how to enrich our own concept structure.

Q2.The value and implication of CAT evaluation.

Value

1. Standardized Testing Environment.
2. Quickly build the data bank.
3. CAT can efficiently (using less items) identify subjects' ability.

Implication

1. Clinical assessment.
2. Developing Basic Competence Test (BCT) and General Scholastic Test in Taiwan.
3. Developing Chinese GRE and Chinese TOEFL.