Minimizing Examinee Collusion with a Latin- Square Treatment Structure

Cheating on standardized tests has been a major concern as it potentially minimizes measurement precision. One major way to reduce cheating by collusion is to administer multiple forms of a test. Even with this approach, potential collusion is still quite large. A Latin-square treatment structure for distributing multiple forms is proposed to further reduce the colluding potential. An index to measure the extent of colluding potential is also proposed. Finally, with a simple algorithm, the various Latin-squares were explored to find the best structure to keep the colluding potential to a minimum.

Authors:

• M. H. Omar

Keywords:

• Colluding pairs
• Scale for Colluding Potential
• Latin-Square Structure
• Minimization of Cheating.

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