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Developing and Assembling the Law School Admission Test

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  • Ronald Armstrong

    (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, 180 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1895)

  • Dmitry Belov

    (Psychometric Research Group, Law School Admission Council, 662 Penn Street, Box 40, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940-0040)

  • Alexander Weissman

    (Psychometric Research Group, Law School Admission Council, 662 Penn Street, Box 40, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940-0040)

Abstract

Standardized tests are useful for assessing an individual’s potential to succeed in various endeavors. In addition, institutions use them to measure student achievement and to measure the efficacy of pedagogical approaches. Operations research tools can help those developing rigorous standardized tests. Our mixed-integer program (MIP) provides a model for assembling forms for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Since 2002, our LSAT assembler—software we developed using a Monte Carlo approach—has produced test forms meeting all specifications. This software has saved thousands of hours of personnel time.

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  • Ronald Armstrong & Dmitry Belov & Alexander Weissman, 2005. "Developing and Assembling the Law School Admission Test," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 140-151, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:35:y:2005:i:2:p:140-151
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.1040.0123
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    2. Bernard Veldkamp, 2013. "Application of robust optimization to automated test assembly," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 206(1), pages 595-610, July.

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