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Digital Module 28: Unusual Things That Usually Occur in a Credentialing Testing Program
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Feinberg, Richard A.; Morrison, Carol; Raymond, Mark R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2022
Formal graduate education in a measurement related field provides a solid foundation for professionals who work on credentialing examinations. Those foundational skills are then expanded and refined over time as practitioners encounter complex and nuanced challenges that were not covered by or go beyond the context described in textbooks. For…
Descriptors: Credentials, Testing Programs, Graduate Study, Barriers
A Process for Reviewing and Evaluating Generated Test Items
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Gierl, Mark J.; Lai, Hollis – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
Testing organization needs large numbers of high-quality items due to the proliferation of alternative test administration methods and modern test designs. But the current demand for items far exceeds the supply. Test items, as they are currently written, evoke a process that is both time-consuming and expensive because each item is written,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Construction, Psychometrics, Models
First Language of Test Takers and Fairness Assessment Procedures
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Sinharay, Sandip; Dorans, Neil J.; Liang, Longjuan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2011
Over the past few decades, those who take tests in the United States have exhibited increasing diversity with respect to native language. Standard psychometric procedures for ensuring item and test fairness that have existed for some time were developed when test-taking groups were predominantly native English speakers. A better understanding of…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Testing Programs, Psychometrics, Language Proficiency
Does an Argument-Based Approach to Validity Make a Difference?
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Chapelle, Carol A.; Enright, Mary K.; Jamieson, Joan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2010
Drawing on experience between 2000 and 2007 in developing a validity argument for the high-stakes Test of English as a "Foreign Language[TM]" (TOEFL[R]), this paper evaluates the differences between the argument-based approach to validity as presented by "Kane (2006)" and that described in the 1999 "AERA/APA/NCME Standards for Educational and…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Validity, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language)
Reactions to Madaus.
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Coffman, William E.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Former NCME presidents comment on 1985 NCME Presidential Address: (1) William E. Coffman suggests an NCME review panel on testing programs; (2) Thomas J. Fitzgibbon sees a need for formative evaluation; (3) Jason Millman believes validity in assessment depends on purpose; and (4) Lorrie A. Shepard believes that tests may be poor agents of reform.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Evaluation, Futures (of Society)
Public Policy and the Testing Profession--You've Never Had It So Good?
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Madaus, George F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Since the 1970s, policymakers have learned that test results can be used as an administrative mechanism to implement policy. A national system of external certification tests would involve several problems: (1) absence of independent examination boards; (2) negative impact on teaching; (3) tendency to elitism; (4) competition for RFP's; and (5)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Certification, Educational Assessment, Educational Change