The Psychometrics of Standard Setting: Connecting Policy and Test Scores

ISBN-13: 9781498722117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

Mark Reckase

Opis

This book is designed as a general text on the theoretical underpinnings of standard setting in the context of educational testing. Because it includes practical examples, it is a resource for professionals in educational testing or policy, or as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses.

Spis treści

1. Conceptual Overview for a Theory of Standard Setting  2. A Theory of Standard Setting  3. Agency, Policy Definitions, Content Specific Definitions and Minimum Qualifications  4. The Construct and the Test Designed to Measure the Construct  5. The Kernel of the Standard Setting Process  6. Panelist Selection and Training  7. Feedback and Auxiliary Information  8. Estimating the Standard  9. Evaluating the Standard Setting Process  10. Trends in Standard Setting Design and Development

O autorze

Mark D. Reckase has decades of experience developing and reviewing standard setting processes as well as doing advanced work in psychometric theory. He is currently a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He has been the editor of Applied Psychological Measurement and the Journal of Educational Measurement. He has also served as the president of the National Council on Measurement in Education and the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, and as the vice president of Division D of the American Educational Research Association.