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Effects of Assigning Raters to Items
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Sykes, Robert C.; Ito, Kyoko; Wang, Zhen – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2008
Student responses to a large number of constructed response items in three Math and three Reading tests were scored on two occasions using three ways of assigning raters: single reader scoring, a different reader for each response (item-specific), and three readers each scoring a rater item block (RIB) containing approximately one-third of a…
Descriptors: Test Items, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Scoring
Recruiting the Next Generation of Measurement Professionals.
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Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2000
Discusses the present shortage of measurement professionals and makes some suggestions for actions the measurement community could take to increase the number and diversity of educational measurement professionals. Instead of increasing the number of doctoral degrees in psychometrics, the profession should focus on increasing the number of…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Measurement Techniques, Professional Development, Psychometrics
Ethical Codes in the Professions.
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Schmeiser, Cynthia B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
Whether the measurement profession should consider developing and adopting a code of professional conduct is explored after a brief review of existing references to standards of conduct and a review of other professional codes. Issues include the need for a code of ethics, its usefulness, and its enforcement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Measurement Techniques
Resistance to Confounding Style and Content in Scoring Constructed-Response Items
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Schafer, William D.; Gagne, Phill; Lissitz, Robert W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2005
An assumption that is fundamental to the scoring of student-constructed responses (e.g., essays) is the ability of raters to focus on the response characteristics of interest rather than on other features. A common example, and the focus of this study, is the ability of raters to score a response based on the content achievement it demonstrates…
Descriptors: Scoring, Language Usage, Effect Size, Student Evaluation
Surveys of Programs and Employment in Educational Measurement.
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Patelis, Thanos; Kolen, Michael J.; Parshall, Cynthia – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1997
Results of a survey completed by 60 representatives of institutions and a questionnaire answered by 55 employers suggest that there will continue to be a shortfall in the number of measurement professionals graduating from educational programs in measurement relative to the number of available employment opportunities, and that this is especially…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Employers
Partitioning Responsibility for the Evaluation of the Consequences of Assessment Programs.
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Linn, Robert L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1998
The focus is on partitioning the evaluation of the consequences of assessment programs among the sponsors, developers, users, and reviewers of tests. Five parties that share responsibility are discussed: (1) the state legislature, (2) the state board of education, (3) the school district, (4) the test publisher, and (5) the measurement profession.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods