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Two Weak Spots in the Practice of Criterion-referenced Measurement.

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Linn, Robert L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982

Confusion in the terminology used in criterion-referenced measurement specifications and development and standard setting and the attendant role of cut-off scores are shown to need practical clarification through psychometric research on test applications and consequences. (CM)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Measurement Objectives

Assessing the Outcomes of Higher Education. Proceedings of the ETS Invitational Conference (47th, New York, New York, October 25, 1986).

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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1987

Nine papers were presented at the 1986 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference on outcomes assessment in higher education. The Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement was awarded to Frederic Kuder for development of the Kuder-Richardson 20 and KR-21 formulas for test reliability, the Kuder Preference Record, and the Kuder…

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), College Students