This paper addresses the basic concept, definition and practice regarding test equating. Test equating, albeit playing a central role for large-scale examinations with high stake inherent in China, is still held as the prerequisite condition for item banking in computerized as well as in Internet-based testing. Winsteps and GITEST are used to process the same group of minimum (40 Chinese students of non-English major) yet representative data matrix collected from parallel tests through linking items ad hoc administered in a university in Guangdong Province, China. The results thus obtained show that the item difficulty parameters are correlated to 99.8%. Comparison and contrast of the software are elaborated. The paper concludes that these two kinds of Rasch-based computer software are equally good for conducting test equating.
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