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Towards a More Nuanced Conceptualisation of Differential Examiner Stringency in OSCEs
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Matt Homer – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
Quantitative measures of systematic differences in OSCE scoring across examiners (often termed examiner stringency) can threaten the validity of examination outcomes. Such effects are usually conceptualised and operationalised based solely on checklist/domain scores in a station, and global grades are not often used in this type of analysis. In…
Descriptors: Examiners, Scoring, Validity, Cutting Scores
The Effect of Student Examiner Errors on WAIS-IV and WISC-V Composite Scores
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Atehortua, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Intelligence tests are used in a variety of settings such as schools, clinics, and courts to assess the intellectual capacity of individuals of all ages. Intelligence tests are used to make high-stakes decisions such as special education placement, employment, eligibility for social security services, and determination of the death penalty.…
Descriptors: Adults, Intelligence Tests, Children, Error of Measurement
Common Examiner Scoring Errors on Academic Achievement Measures
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Harrison, Gina L.; Goegan, Lauren D.; Macoun, Sarah J. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2019
This study examined the scoring errors across three widely used achievement tests (Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement--Second Edition [KTEA-2], Woodcock--Johnson Tests of Achievement--Third Edition [WJ-III], and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test--Third Edition [WIAT-III]) by novice examiners. A total of 114 protocols were evaluated for…
Descriptors: Scoring, Error Patterns, Achievement Tests, Novices
Administration and Scoring Errors on the WISC-IV among Graduate Student Examiners
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Loe, Scott A.; Kadlubek, Renee M.; Marks, William J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
A total of 51 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) protocols, administered by graduate students in training, were examined to obtain data describing the frequency of examiner errors and the impact of errors on resultant test scores. Present results were generally consistent with previous research examining graduate…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Graduate Students, Examiners, Error Patterns
Evidence That Practitioners Err in Administering and Scoring the WAIS-R.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Conducted study to examine whether practitioners err in administering and scoring Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Obtained WAIS-R protocols from 50 randomly selected psychological folders in records of 1 school district. Found that practitioners committed errors on all 50 protocols. Errors on 27 of 50 protocols were sufficient…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests, Scoring
Practitioners' Administration and Scoring of the WISC-R: Evidence That We Do Err.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1992
Analyzed 56 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised protocols completed by 1 certified and 8 licensed practitioners to examine administration and scoring mistakes. Observed numerous mistakes (failure to record examinee responses, assigning too few or too many points to answers, inappropriate questioning, and failure to obtain correct…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests