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Dwyer, Andrew C. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
This study examines the effectiveness of three approaches for maintaining equivalent performance standards across test forms with small samples: (1) common-item equating, (2) resetting the standard, and (3) rescaling the standard. Rescaling the standard (i.e., applying common-item equating methodology to standard setting ratings to account for…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Equivalency Tests, Test Format, Academic Standards
Halff, Nancy F.; Frisbie, David A. – 1976
Because foreign language placement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is based solely on College Entrance Examination Board Foreign Language Placement Test scores, first semester courses are composed of students with heterogeneous foreign language backgrounds. French 101 was chosen to study the relationship between two entering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Language Programs