Education · Educational Evaluation & Psychometrics

A primary advantage of Item Response Theory (IRT) is invariance, which means item parameters remain stable across different testing groups and individual ability estimates remain stable regardless of the specific items administered. Arrange the following historical milestones in psychometrics in chronological order, culminating in the era that utilizes this invariant property: A. Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon develop the first practical intelligence test to identify children needing special education. B. Lewis Terman introduces the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the concept of the Intelligence Quotient (IQ). C. Starke Hathaway and J.C. McKinley create the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to assess psychopathology. D. The emergence of computer adaptive testing, which leverages the stable, invariant parameters of Item Response Theory.