Conceptual-psychometric framework for rater-mediated performance assessments - Foundations of many-facet Rasch measurement - Measurement of rater severity/leniency - Correcting examinee proficiency estimates for rater severity differences - Examining rater consistency and rating scale effectiveness - Increasing validity and fairness of performance assessments.
Thomas Eckes is Head of the Psychometrics and Research Methodology Department at the TestDaF Institute, University of Bochum. He has taught and published widely in the field of language testing, educational and psychological measurement, and multivariate data analysis. His research interests include rater effects in large-scale assessments, standard setting, and web-based testing.