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Peer reviewedGeisinger, Kurt F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
Ways to use standard-setting data to adjust cutoff scores on examinations are reviewed. Ten sources of information to be used in determining standards are listed. The decision to modify passing scores should be based on these types of information and consideration of adverse impact or rating process irregularities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Interrater Reliability
Geisinger, Kurt F. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
Results of a study of the relationship between students' propensities to withdraw from a course and the faculty member's grading in that course show that students do use the option to withdraw from courses when grades tend to be low in order to protect their grade point averages. (JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Students, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average
