Developing and Assembling the Law School Admission Test

Ronald Armstrong (), Dmitry Belov () and Alexander Weissman ()
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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

Interfaces, 2005, vol. 35, issue 2, 140-151

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.

Keywords: programming: integer; applications; education systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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