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Development of Quality Performance Tasks at Western Governors University
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Nicastro, Gerilee; Moreton, Kyle M. – Assessment Update, 2008
Western Governors University (WGU) is an online competency-based university in which students demonstrate content competence through a series of assessments. Assessments most often are performance-based or objective assessments that are developed in accordance with specific content objectives. Objective assessments generally assess lower-level…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Performance Based Assessment, Interrater Reliability, Educational Objectives
A Multi-Stage Dominant Profile Method for Setting Standards on Complex Performance Assessments.
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Putnam, Sarah E.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1995
Development of a multistage dominant profile method for setting standards on complex performance assessments is detailed. The method grew from experiences with a judgmental policy-capturing procedure and an extended Angoff method. The design of an early adolescence English language arts assessment illustrates the complexity of decisions panelists…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Development of a Scoring Algorithm To Replace Expert Rating for Scoring a Complex Performance-Based Assessment.
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Clauser, Brian E.; Ross, Linette P.; Clyman, Stephen G.; Rose, Kathie M.; Margolis, Melissa J.; Nungester, Ronald J.; Piemme, Thomas E.; Chang, Lucy; El-Bayoumi, Gigi; Malakoff, Gary L.; Pincetl, Pierre S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1997
Describes an automated scoring algorithm for a computer-based simulation examination of physicians' patient-management skills. Results with 280 medical students show that scores produced using this algorithm are highly correlated to actual clinician ratings. Scores were also effective in discriminating between case performance judged passing or…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Evaluators
New Stuff in I/O (In-Baskets and Orals). The Development, Administration and Scoring of In-Baskets and Orals for the New York State Correction Captain Examination.
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Kaiser, Paul D.; Brull, Harry – 1994
The design, administration, scoring, and results of the 1993 New York State Correctional Captain Examination are described. The examination was administered to 405 candidates. As in previous Sergeant and Lieutenant examinations, candidates also completed latent image written simulation problems and open/closed book multiple choice test components.…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Correctional Rehabilitation, Decision Making, Educational Innovation
Problematic Responses to Reading Performance Assessment Tasks: Sources and Implications.
Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Kapinus, Barbara – 1992
The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is a relatively new, statewide performance assessment of students in grades 3, 5, and 8. When first administered in May of 1991, the MSPAP included a battery of performance assessment tasks designed to generate written or drawn responses to reading texts. This study evaluated selected…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluators
Reasoning about Evidence in Portfolios: Cognitive Foundations for Valid and Reliable Assessment.
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Heller, Joan I.; Shiengold, Karen; Myford, Carol M. – Educational Assessment, 1998
Analyses of 10 raters' reasoning during think-aloud interviews provided evidence to support a model of the fundamental processes involved in rating standards-based, nonprescriptive portfolios. This process model provides a framework within which to conceptualize sound-rater reasoning and to identify reasoning that distorts the meaning of scores.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Interviews, Performance Based Assessment
Cross-State Comparability of Judgments of Student Writing: Reports from the New Standards Project.
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Linn, Robert L.; And Others – 1991
The New Standards Project is a joint effort of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and the National Center on Education and the Economy toward creation of a national examination system based on performance assessments. This study explored the feasibility of comparing performance on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education