Error Rates in Competency Testing When Test Retaking Is Permitted.

Huynh, Huynh

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Publication Date: 1990

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Error Rates in Competency Testing When Test Retaking Is Permitted.

Huynh, Huynh

Journal of Educational Statistics, v15 n1 p39-52 Spr 1990

False positive and false negative error rates were studied for competency testing when failing examinees are permitted to retake the test. Formulas are provided for the beta-binomial and Rasch models. Estimates based on these models are compared for six data sets from the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics), Error Patterns, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Minimum Competency Testing, State Programs, Testing Programs

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