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Watkins, Richard W. – 1985
This paper reports on the promises and pitfalls of the recently legislated basic skills testing requirement for teaching or service credential applicants in California. The California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST), developed by Educational Testing Service from specifications set by Advisory Board to the State Department of Education, tests…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standardized Tests
1984
These five papers describe the methods, results, and implications of a multimethod approach to the establishment of standards for the three subject areas of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). James E. McLean introduces the problems and methods involved by identifying three general approaches to scoring procedures found in the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Poggio, John P. – 1984
Kansas law requires setting passing scores for the reading and mathematics competency test for 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students, administered annually since April of 1980. New objective-referenced tests are prepared each year. Both judgmental (Angoff, Ebel, and Nedelsky) methods and empirical (contrasting groups and borderline) methods…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing