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Download full textNebraska Department of Education, 2018
The 2018 Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) Summative technical report documents the processes and procedures implemented to support the Spring 2018 NSCAS Summative English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science assessments by NWEA under the supervision of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). The technical report…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Language Tests, English, Mathematics Tests
Phillips, Gary W., Ed. – 1996
Recently, there has been a significant expansion in the use of performance assessment in large scale testing programs. Although there has been significant support from curriculum and policy stakeholders, the technical feasibility of large scale performance assessments has remained a question. This report is intended to contribute to the debate by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Generalizability Theory, Performance Based Assessment, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedHamilton, J. S.; McLone, R. R. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1989
Influences on the educational validity of examinations are reviewed. Changes occurring in approaches to standard setting are traced. A view of reliability is presented, with emphasis on assessment of project work, which often involves individual investigation and design by students. A consistency index formula for grading standards is presented.…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Standard Setting (Scoring)
Peer reviewedGrosse, Martin E.; Wright, Benjamin D. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Based on the standard setting procedures or the American Board of Preventive Medicine for their Core Test, this article describes how Rasch measurement can facilitate using test content judgments in setting a standard. Rasch measurement can then be used to evaluate and improve the precision of the standard and to hold it constant across time.…
Descriptors: Certification, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Health Personnel
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K.; Slater, Sharon C. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1997
A brief history of developments in the assessment of the reliability of credentialing examinations is presented, and some new results are outlined that highlight the interactions among scoring, standard setting, and the reliability and validity of pass-fail decisions. Decision consistency is an important concept in evaluating credentialing…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Decision Making, Interaction
Livingston, Samuel A.; Sims-Gunzenhauser, Alice – 1995
A study was conducted to provide information for setting two separate standards, the accuracy score and the documentation score, for the Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessment (Praxis III). Praxis III is intended for making instructional and licensing decisions about beginning teachers. This standard-setting study was a person-judgment…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K; Rogers, H. Jane – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Technical advances of the last 15 years in measurement theory and practice are described, notably criterion-referenced testing, item response theory, and computers and testing. Several remaining problems concerning the development and validation of credentialing examinations are also considered. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1993
Because of concerns about the validity of tests used in education and employment, a consultation on June 16, 1989, focused on tests of ability, achievement, and other skills. Invited experts were asked to address a set of issues common to both education and employment testing, primarily related to test construction procedures and how to establish…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Educational Testing
Wigdor, Alexandra K., Ed.; Green, Bert F., Jr., Ed. – 1991
This is the sixth and final report of the National Research Council's Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel on the Joint-Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, a project designed to develop measures of performance for entry-level military jobs so that enlistment standards could be linked to performance…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
