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Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Three professional associations, the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, jointly adopted the new "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" in 1985. The relationship of these to earlier standards is reviewed, and implications…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Equated Scores, Health Occupations
Peer reviewedHolmes, Susan E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
A specific application of test equating is described, namely that of credentialing examination programs in the health professions. Considered are: (1) the role of test equating in the credentialing process; and (2) the issues that must be considered when implementing test equating in a credentialing examination program. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Data Collection, Equated Scores
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K.; Slater, Sharon C. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1997
A brief history of developments in the assessment of the reliability of credentialing examinations is presented, and some new results are outlined that highlight the interactions among scoring, standard setting, and the reliability and validity of pass-fail decisions. Decision consistency is an important concept in evaluating credentialing…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Decision Making, Interaction
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K; Rogers, H. Jane – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Technical advances of the last 15 years in measurement theory and practice are described, notably criterion-referenced testing, item response theory, and computers and testing. Several remaining problems concerning the development and validation of credentialing examinations are also considered. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests
