An Approach That Examines Sources of Misfit To Improve Performance Assessment Items and Rubrics.

Parke, Carol S.

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ERIC Number: EJ646456

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Publication Date: 2001

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An Approach That Examines Sources of Misfit To Improve Performance Assessment Items and Rubrics.

Parke, Carol S.

Educational Assessment, v7 n3 p201-25 2001

Discusses an approach to analyzing performance assessments that identifies potential reasons for misfitting items and uses this information to improve on items and rubrics for these assessments. Illustrates the approach through a 53-item mathematics performance assessment completed by approximately 500 middle school students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Mathematics Tests, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Scoring Rubrics, Test Items

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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