The Effect of Anchor Item Characteristics on Equivalent Cutting Scores.

Norcini, John; And Others

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Effect of Anchor Item Characteristics on Equivalent Cutting Scores.

Norcini, John; And Others

Applied Measurement in Education, v7 n3 p187-94 1994

Whether anchor item sets varying in difficulty and discrimination affect precision of cutting score equivalents generated through judge rescaling as much as equivalents from score equating was studied with 4 groups of experts and 250 and 1,000 examinees. Results indicate the robustness of judge rescaling and its superiority over equating. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Judges, Pass Fail Grading, Robustness (Statistics), Scaling, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standards

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Language: English

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