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A Consumer's Guide to Setting Performance Standards on Criterion-Referenced Tests
Abstract
This review identifies 38 methods 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. The salient characteristics of 23 continuum standard-setting methods are described and evaluated in the form of a “consumer’s guide.” Specific recommendations are offered for classroom teachers, educational certification test specialists, licensing and certification boards, and test publishers and independent test contractors.
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- Authors
- Berk, R. A.
- Venue
- Review of Educational Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1986
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 137
- ISSN
- 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2132968059
- Cited by
- 230
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 8.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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