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Critical Factors to Consider in Evaluating Standard-Setting Studies to Map Language Test Scores to Frameworks of Language Proficiency
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Tannenbaum, Richard J.; Cho, Yeonsuk – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
In this article, we consolidate and present in one place what is known about quality indicators for setting standards so that stakeholders may be able to recognize the signs of standard-setting quality. We use the context of setting standards to associate English language test scores with language proficiency descriptions such as those presented…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Language Tests, Scores, English (Second Language)
Vocational Evaluator Competencies and Minimum Competency Standards for Vocational Evaluation: A Validity Study.
Sigmon, Gary L.; And Others – 1983
In recent years educators have been utilizing judgmental methods, such as the ones advocated by Ebel and Angoff, to set minimum competency standards on test items. This study was designed to investigate the reliability and validity of these two procedures in setting minimum levels of performance on 175 vocational evaluator competency statements.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Minimum Competencies
A Generalizability Study of the Angoff Method Applied to Setting Cutoff Scores of Professional Certification Tests.
Cope, Ronald T. – 1987
This study used generalizability theory and other statistical concepts to assess the application of the Angoff method to setting cutoff scores on two professional certification tests. A panel of ten judges gave pre- and post-feedback Angoff probability ratings of items of two forms of a professional certification test, and another panel of nine…
Descriptors: Certification, Correlation, Cutting Scores, Error of Measurement