This area addresses the improvement of measurement efficiency in computer- as well as paper-based tests. This can be achieved, for example, by adapting item selection automatically depending on the test taker's previous answers, so-called adaptive testing. Moreover, this research area includes the objective to develop and evaluate procedures for the automatic coding of free text responses.

Selected projects in this research area:

• AKTeur
• Heureko
• KERMIT-CAT
• MATE
• PISA 2012 Nabe
• NEPS 13c
• ZIB