Although arbitrary, whenever multiple judgmental standard-setting procedures are utilized by different groups concurrently, stability across raters can be achieved and decisions can be made in a relatively judicious manner. Greater stability across methods (Ebel, Nedelsky, Angoff) may be effected by slightly modifying the Ebel approach. (Author/PN)

Traditionally, judgmental standard setting methods have been used exclusively at the test item level. In this study, the Ebel and Angoff methods of standard setting were utilized to determine minimum competency standards on a list of 175 identified competency statements for vocational evaluators. The following research questions were addressed:…

A process for setting standards that may be adapted by educators in a variety of settings for educational decision making is presented. In this process, which was used to set minimum standards in English for admission to a teacher education program at a large university, a number of trial standards were initially set utilizing a variety of…