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Lewis, Daniel M.; Haug, Carolyn A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
In a coherent educational assessment system, the relation between the cut scores across the grades of a content area should reflect the goals of the educational system moderated by the state of the standards within that system. In this article, we discuss the need for consistent cut scores across the grades of a content area; we present and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Standard Setting