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Direct linkBramley, Tom – Educational Research, 2005
In setting the cut-scores on National Curriculum tests it is important to maintain standards. In the process of test development, both within and across years, changes are made to the style of the questions in order to increase their "accessibility". This raises the question of whether a more accessible test should have higher cut-scores. Purely…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Standards, Equated Scores, Cutting Scores
