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50 Years of ERIC
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Myford, Carol M.; Wolfe, Edward W. – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2002
Examined a procedure for identifying and resolving discrepancies in ratings, focusing on the third rater adjudication procedure used in scoring the Test of Spoken English. Results for 1,446 adult examinees demonstrate that implementing a discrepancy resolution procedure is not sufficient in itself for quality control monitoring. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluators, Quality Control, Scoring
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Wolfe, Edward W.; Moulder, Bradley C.; Myford, Carol M. – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2001
Describes a class of rater effects, differential rater functioning over time (DRIFT), that depicts rater-by-time interactions. Also describes Rasch measurement procedures designed to identify these types of DRIFT in rating data. Applied these procedures to simulated data to show their usefulness in classifying raters as aberrant or non-aberrant…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Interaction, Item Response Theory, Simulation