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Thissen, David – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
In "Adapting Educational Measurement to the Demands of Test-Based Accountability" Koretz takes the time-honored engineering approach to educational measurement, identifying specific problems with current practice and proposing minimal modifications of the system to alleviate those problems. In response to that article, David Thissen…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Accountability, Testing Problems, Test Construction
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Kane, Michael – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Michael Kane writes in this article that he is in more or less complete agreement with Professor Koretz's characterization of the problem outlined in the paper published in this issue of "Measurement." Kane agrees that current testing practices are not adequate for test-based accountability (TBA) systems, but he writes that he is far…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Accountability, Standardized Tests, Equated Scores
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Koretz, Daniel – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Accountability has become a primary function of large-scale testing in the United States. The pressure on educators to raise scores is vastly greater than it was several decades ago. Research has shown that high-stakes testing can generate behavioral responses that inflate scores, often severely. I argue that because of these responses, using…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Briggs, Derek C. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
In his focus article "How Is Testing Supposed to Improve Schooling?" Ed Haertel distinguishes between seven uses of educational tests as a function of the intended action and what or who will be influenced by the intended action. He then applies Mike Kane's interpretive argument approach (Kane, 2006) as a basis for speculating about the validity…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Teacher Evaluation
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Bejar, Isaac I.; Graf, E. Aurora – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
The duplex design by Bock and Mislevy for school-based testing is revisited and evaluated as a potential platform in test-based accountability assessments today. We conclude that the model could be useful in meeting the many competing demands of today's test-based accountability assessments, although many research questions will need to be…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Test Construction
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Brandt, Steffen – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
This article presents the author's commentary on "Updating the Duplex Design for Test-Based Accountability in the Twenty-First Century," in which Isaac I. Bejar and E. Aurora Graf propose the application of a test design--the duplex design (which was proposed in 1988 by Bock and Mislevy) for application in current accountability assessments.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing
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Sinharay, Sandip; Haberman, Shelby J.; Zwick, Rebecca – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
Several researchers (e.g., Klein, Hamilton, McCaffrey, & Stecher, 2000; Koretz & Barron, 1998; Linn, 2000) have asserted that test-based accountability, a crucial component of U.S. education policy, has resulted in score inflation. This inference has relied on comparisons with performance on other tests such as the National Assessment of…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Test Items, Scores, Measurement
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Alonzo, Alicia C. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
In their article "Innovations in Setting Performance Standards for K-12 Test-Based Accountability," Kristen Huff and Barbara S. Plake (2010) lay out three preconditions for continued investment in standard-setting methodology and practice, all focused on the sound development and use of achievement level descriptors (ALDs). Among these…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability
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Huff, Kristen; Plake, Barbara S. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
Standard setting is a systematic process that uses a combination of judgmental and empirical procedures to make recommendations about where on the score continuum "cut scores" should be placed. Cut scores divide the score scale into categories consistent with the descriptions of student performance associated with multiple levels of achievement.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Standard Setting (Scoring)