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ERIC Number: EJ335316
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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A Consumer's Guide to Setting Performance Standards on Criterion-Referenced Tests.
Berk, Ronald A.
Review of Educational Research, v56 n1 p137-72 Spr 1986
Thirty-eight methods are presented for either setting standards or adjusting them based on an analysis of classification error rates. A trilevel classification scheme is used to categorize the methods, and 10 criteria of technical adequacy and practicability are proposed to evaluate them. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Interrater Reliability, Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring), Test Selection, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Empirical Methods; Test Publishers