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Direct linkTia M. Fechter; Heeyeon Yoon – Language Testing, 2024
This study evaluated the efficacy of two proposed methods in an operational standard-setting study conducted for a high-stakes language proficiency test of the U.S. government. The goal was to seek low-cost modifications to the existing Yes/No Angoff method to increase the validity and reliability of the recommended cut scores using a convergent…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods
Wyse, Adam E.; Babcock, Ben – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
A common belief is that the Bookmark method is a cognitively simpler standard-setting method than the modified Angoff method. However, a limited amount of research has investigated panelist's ability to perform well the Bookmark method, and whether some of the challenges panelists face with the Angoff method may also be present in the Bookmark…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Evaluation Methods, Testing Problems, Test Items
Dissabandara, Lakal O.; Nawaratna, Sujeevi; Nirthanan, Selvanayagam – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
The objective structured practical examination (OSPE) is a reliable assessment of practical skills in anatomy teaching. It is often administered as low-stake assessments to track progress at multiple time points in anatomy curricula. Standard-setting OSPEs to derive a pass mark and to ensure assessment quality and rigor is a complex task. This…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Anatomy, Medical Education, Medical Schools
Smith, Russell W.; Davis-Becker, Susan L.; O'Leary, Lisa S. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2014
This article describes a hybrid standard setting method that combines characteristics of the Angoff (1971) and Bookmark (Mitzel, Lewis, Patz & Green, 2001) methods. The proposed approach utilizes strengths of each method while addressing weaknesses. An ordered item booklet, with items sorted based on item difficulty, is used in combination…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Difficulty Level, Test Items, Rating Scales
Beretvas, S. Natasha – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2004
In the bookmark standard-setting procedure, judges place "bookmarks" in a reordered test booklet containing items presented in order of increasing difficulty. Traditionally, the bookmark difficulty location (BDL) is on the trait continuum where, for dichotomous items, there is a two-thirds probability of a correct response and, for a score of "k"…
Descriptors: Probability, Standard Setting, Item Response Theory, Test Items
Download full textSykes, Robert C.; Fitzpatrick, Anne R. – 1990
The results of classifying test items on the basis of their Mantel-Haenszel (MH) alpha estimates were compared to the results of classifying these items using an item response theory (IRT) based procedure involving the comparison of item difficulties in the interest of identifying the alpha value that maximized the decision concordance between the…
Descriptors: Classification, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level, Ethnic Groups
