A Consumer's Guide to Setting Performance Standards on Criterion-Referenced Tests.

Berk, Ronald A.

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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

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